1.Short title and table of
contents
(a)This Act may be cited
as the Public Housing Reinvestment and
Tenant Protection Act of 2010
.
(b)The table of contents for this Act is as follows:
Sec. 1. Short title and table of contents.
Title I—Choice Neighborhoods Initiative
Sec. 101. Short title.
Sec. 102. Findings and purposes.
Sec. 103. Grant authority.
Sec. 104. Eligible entities.
Sec. 105. Eligible neighborhoods.
Sec. 106. Authorized activities.
Sec. 107. Submission and selection of transformation
plans.
Sec. 108. Right of residents to return; relocation.
Sec. 109. One-for-one replacement of public and assisted
housing dwelling units.
Sec. 110. Other program requirements.
Sec. 111. Demolition and disposition.
Sec. 112. Phase-specific underwriting.
Sec. 113. Administration by other entities.
Sec. 114. Withdrawal of funding.
Sec. 115. Annual report; public availability of grant
information.
Sec. 116. Definitions.
Sec. 117. Funding.
Sec. 118. Regulations.
Title II—Public Housing One-for-One Replacement and Tenant
Protection
Sec. 201. Short title.
Sec. 202. Demolition and disposition of public
housing.
Sec. 203. Authority to convert public housing to
vouchers.
Sec. 204. Required conversion of distressed public housing to
tenant-based assistance.
Sec. 205. Regulations.
Title III—Public Housing Preservation and
Rehabilitation
Sec. 301. Short title.
Sec. 302. Leveraging of other assistance.
Sec. 303. Capital Fund flexibility.
Sec. 304. Grants for conversion of public housing projects to
assisted living facilities.
Title IV—Pilot Program to Train Public Housing Residents to
Provide Home-Based Health Services
Sec. 401. Short title.
Sec. 402. Findings and purpose.
Sec. 403. Pilot grant program to train public housing residents
to provide covered home-based health services.
<enum>I</enum><header>Choice
Neighborhoods Initiative</header>
<section id="H15FEB6817FC243188E3993F73C32A05C" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>101.</enum><header>Short
title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This title may be cited
as the <quote><short-title>Choice Neighborhoods Initiative
Act of 2010</short-title></quote>.</text>
</section><section id="H76530974AD044D10BB9A72504F75CCD5"><enum>102.</enum><header>Findings and
purposes</header>
<subsection id="H5BD633D977CB4479808062179AED636A"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Findings</header><text>The
Congress finds that—</text>
<paragraph id="HE39E9250BCFC46BD9FB39C83766CCEF0"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the spatial
concentration of poverty remains a serious and often unrecognized challenge to
the ability of poor families and children to access opportunity and move up the
economic ladder;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H9AC90A902CFE4B8C891702AA7ADAECD8"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the HOPE VI
program, authorized by section 24 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42
U.S.C. 1437v), presented one model for transforming neighborhoods of extreme
poverty with severely distressed housing into revitalized mixed-income
neighborhoods;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H30CB21F4424749E58CEB049F6F942503"><enum>(3)</enum><text>there remains a
large amount of severely distressed public and privately owned assisted housing
concentrated in neighborhoods of extreme poverty; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC190BFECE4424252A5985E3C1DAE3F60"><enum>(4)</enum><text>a
broader approach is now needed using concentrated and coordinated neighborhood
investment from multiple sources to transform neighborhoods of extreme poverty
into communities that will improve the quality of life of current and future
residents.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H09036A2A6A3041CB930AC6A365A69AE4"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Purposes</header><text>The
purposes of this title are to—</text>
<paragraph id="HB78A530FF77E41D592434C71490A8388"><enum>(1)</enum><text>transform
neighborhoods of extreme poverty into mixed-income neighborhoods by
revitalizing severely distressed housing, improving access to economic
opportunities, and investing and leveraging investments in well-functioning
services, education programs, public assets, public transportation, and
improved access to jobs;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE300602868A842FFAA96D54CCD5962EE"><enum>(2)</enum><text>provide for the
one-for-one replacement of public and assisted housing dwelling units that are
demolished or disposed of;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE9A3A4FF984C44BEA983E178AF67CA77"><enum>(3)</enum><text>grow communities
and metropolitan areas by concentrating, leveraging, and coordinating Federal,
State, local, and private funding for public transportation, education,
housing, energy, health and mental health services, supportive services, public
safety; and environmental programs and initiatives;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H8FBC62538F904152BD7C7D76617EDEBB"><enum>(4)</enum><text>support positive
outcomes for displaced and returning residents, including improvements in
educational achievements, and economic self-sufficiency; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H125858EDC60E4FC7AF4D133A0068A8C1"><enum>(5)</enum><text>ensure that
current residents benefit from transformation by preserving affordable housing
in the neighborhood and, to the maximum extent possible, providing residents
the choice to move to affordable housing in another neighborhood of
opportunity.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H2B8925C907DF48299894F22B7135A1AF"><enum>103.</enum><header>Grant
authority</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Secretary of
Housing and Urban Development may make competitive grants to eligible entities
that submit transformation plans for eligible neighborhoods that will further
the purposes of this title in such neighborhoods.</text>
</section><section id="H93D77747E1654018A0FD2BE3A29E04DC"><enum>104.</enum><header>Eligible
entities</header>
<subsection id="HF1D12477EAAE42468CFF03D59B00739B"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Primary
applicants</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A grant under this
title may be made only to a unit of local government, a public housing agency,
or a nonprofit entity that owns a major housing project that is proposed to be
assisted under a grant under this title, either as a sole applicant or as a
co-applicant with another unit of local government or public housing agency or
with an entity specified in subsection (b). A nonprofit entity may be a sole
applicant only if the application has the support of a local government.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H28E1A4F7F5B445C78E1FAE261AA33857"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Co-Applicants</header>
<paragraph id="H547747D4DEC646DBB91E1019908E09D6"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Community
development corporations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A
community development corporation (as such term is defined in section 204(b) of
the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and
Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1997 (12 U.S.C. 1715z–11a(b))) may, at
the request of an entity specified in subsection (a), be a co-applicant for a
grant under this title.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA775910614144E9280CE2EBA87DB7840"><enum>(2)</enum><header>For-profit
entities</header><text>A for-profit entity that owns a major housing project
that is proposed to be assisted under a grant under this title and that has an
established presence in the community may be a co-applicant for a grant under
this title.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H83FFA4A61E4246259C70FC76F4C18481"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Required
co-applicants</header><text>A grant under this title may not be made for an
application that will involve transformation of a major public housing project
unless the public housing agency having jurisdiction with respect to such
project is the sole applicant or a co-applicant for such application.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H1279850786E841D48AA248C087F70FFA"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Partners</header><text>Nothing
in this section may be construed to limit the ability of an applicant to
partner with any entity in carrying out activities with a grant under this
title.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="HD5E388D5F819494284AA02A7341B7F79"><enum>105.</enum><header>Eligible
neighborhoods</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">A grant under
this title may be made only for activities to be conducted in neighborhoods
that have—</text>
<paragraph id="H44070B20A4EE4399BE0315BA5CA47CD0"><enum>(1)</enum><text>a
concentration of extreme poverty (as such term is defined in section 116);
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H1C4759655AF54AB991077D379E02C0F5"><enum>(2)</enum><text>housing that is
severely distressed housing (as such term is defined in section 116).</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="HDB6A1CDD972B4805BEE22E0CDF313973"><enum>106.</enum><header>Authorized
activities</header>
<subsection id="HB5EEA000B426401FB0328A99642C8BC3"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Amounts from a grant
under this title may be used only for transformational programs and activities
in accordance with a transformation plan approved under section 107 that will
further the purposes of this title.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H828F6C383793429EADDDE5CAB7632C4A"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Required
activities</header><text>Each transformation plan submitted pursuant to section
107 and implemented by a grantee under this title shall include the following
activities:</text>
<paragraph id="HF67786E7F3964474A991176DC6DF4884"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The transformation
of housing through rehabilitation, preservation, or demolition and replacement
of severely distressed housing projects, or any combination thereof, which may
incorporate energy- efficient design principles.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HEE7B7253AC00415BB625D5B82BA846E2"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The one-for-one
replacement of any public and assisted housing units demolished or disposed of
in accordance with the requirements under section 109.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H80A8CD9B5B134BADA1E8ECB2D3F59177"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Activities that
promote economic self-sufficiency of residents of the revitalized housing and
of the surrounding neighborhood.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HCF1871EFF5394FDFAB19AE78FDF7D36C"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Activities that
preserve affordable housing in the neighborhood and other activities necessary
to ensure that existing public and assisted housing residents have access to
the benefits of the neighborhood transformation.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H54BA227D415B4905970F9356E586A10D"><enum>(5)</enum><text>Activities that
demonstrate that each resident of housing assisted by the grant who is
displaced by the transformation plan and who wishes to return to the
revitalized on-site housing in the neighborhood or to replacement housing
outside of the neighborhood, can return, and shall be provided a preference in
accordance with the program requirements under section 108.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H64D1EE890BBE42329E52DFC1B932DCFD"><enum>(6)</enum><text>Activities that
meet the program requirements for replacement of housing units under section
108.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HAB0D5B343484405089439FE523A6AEA6"><enum>(7)</enum><text>Activities that
meet the fair housing program requirements under section 110(a) and the
accessibility requirements under section 110(b).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE7D209E5E0D9418D8FA1825F330934A5"><enum>(8)</enum><text>Appropriate
service coordination and supportive services.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H377D958C6742436A9F20920E9882EC20"><enum>(9)</enum><text>Resident
involvement, as described in section 108, in planning and implementation of the
transformation plan, including reasonable steps to help ensure meaningful
participation for residents who, as a result of their national origin, are
limited in their English language proficiency.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H201250A3D9B944B9944CCE3F25E6F7D1"><enum>(10)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Monitoring, under section 108(g), of
residents relocated during redevelopment throughout the term of the grant or
until full occupancy of replacement housing, whichever is completed
later.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H783756FE1DC14B65932C2E4E93E49216"><enum>(11)</enum><text>Relocation
assistance, including tenant-based rental assistance renewable under section 8
of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f), mobility or
relocation counseling over multiple years, reasonable moving costs, and
security deposits.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H5EC0C3486F454A0895BE6CB19F4C7397"><enum>(12)</enum><text>Establishment of
links to local education efforts, as described in subsection (c)(3) of this
section.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H65B599837A54415FB2B88E7D74BB5863"><enum>(13)</enum><text>Activities to
comply with section 3 of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1968 (12
U.S.C. 1701u).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H550B627B602A48D29FBBF724A9DBD18C"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Eligible
activities</header><text>Amounts from a grant under this title may be used for
the following activities:</text>
<paragraph id="HD3D38010D28A4AD6AFAE5EF60DE65DE9"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Construction,
acquisition, or rehabilitation of affordable housing (as such term is defined
in section 116), which may include energy efficiency improvements and
sustainable design features for such housing.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H7AF9FEBA92DD4753BD8180DEE798C948"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Acquisition or
disposition of residential properties, including properties subject to a
mortgage previously insured, and foreclosed upon, by the Federal Housing
Administration, and demolition.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD114CF651DAA49A3A807601CE1D11156"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Outreach to local
educators, and engaging in local community planning, to help increase access to
educational opportunities, a continuum of effective community services, and
strong family supports, and to improve the educational and life outcomes which
have a significant benefit to residents of housing assisted under this title,
including children and youth and, as appropriate, for adult residents,
including the elderly or persons with disabilities.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HFA6D635FA4DE42568637311ABB07F6F0"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Providing supportive services (as such term
is defined in section 116) which have a significant benefit to residents of
housing assisted under this title, primarily focused on services described in
subparagraphs (B) and (C) of section 116(14).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H54B822EFB0C64662B42456B3AAA11DF5"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Rehabilitation and physical improvement of
community facilities that are primarily intended to facilitate the delivery of
community and supportive services which have a significant benefit to residents
of housing assisted by the grant and residents of off-site replacement
housing.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H76F294F79E674E7DB473685964394772"><enum>(6)</enum><text>Work incentives
designed to help low-income residents assisted by the housing under this title
access jobs and move toward self-sufficiency.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H97B64B9F5A5D4BDBB71C34757AE1BE96"><enum>(7)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Partnering with employers and for-profit
and nonprofit organizations to create jobs and job training opportunities which
have a significant benefit to residents of housing assisted under this
title.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H42F3E66B66EB456BAF7609A7699D6EBD"><enum>(8)</enum><text>Activities that
promote sustainable housing by incorporating principles of sustainable design
and development, including energy efficiency.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H47C6035EDA9B4A2C870282D90D6BD8E6"><enum>(9)</enum><text>Critical community
improvements (as such term is defined in section 116 of this title) undertaken
at sites that are adjacent to, or in the immediate vicinity of, housing
assisted under this title.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H17ED3AF7FC554899BCD9B1A6677D5757"><enum>(10)</enum><text>Loss reserves to
protect residents of housing assisted by the grant and continue the project in
the case of default, foreclosure, or any other adverse financial event.</text>
</paragraph><continuation-text continuation-text-level="subsection">The
Secretary shall require any grantee under this title that will provide benefits
under paragraph (3), (4), (5), or (7) to any residents who are not living in
housing assisted with a grant under this title, to submit to the Secretary a
plan identifying how such services will be provided.</continuation-text></subsection><subsection id="HB3111D75D672439E8E86C58950010DEC"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Eligible methods
of support</header><text>Activities carried out with amounts from a grant under
this title may be carried out through—</text>
<paragraph id="H7244918655A94748A914F5B2AB2F9740"><enum>(1)</enum><text>endowments or
revolving loan funds; or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD6C0CB0930574ED1A06474967339EF6E"><enum>(2)</enum><text>land assembly,
land banking, and other activities, except that no amounts made available for
use under this title may be used to acquire any property by means of the
exercise of the power of eminent domain.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HAFF59877EE07456BB64BCEACE2AE854E"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Funding
limitations</header>
<paragraph id="HA776360E8B3943A28D38633F6375E3E5"><enum>(1)</enum><header>School
buildings</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">No amounts from a
grant under this title may be used for construction or rehabilitation of an
elementary school or secondary school (as such terms are defined in section
9101 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801)) or
an institution of higher education (as such term is defined in section 102 of
the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1002)).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H839572C787BD413F88F138C05628129A"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Non-housing
activities and supportive services</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For each grant under this title, the
grantee shall comply with each of the following requirements:</text>
<subparagraph id="HBD12E1FA44FA4C63B95B97F2D455FA39"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Of the amount of
the grant, not more than 25 percent may be used for eligible activities under
paragraphs (3) through (9) of subsection (c).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H6BF074AD55A947F1BDB3203CAC438EF8"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Of the amount of
the grant, not more than 5 percent may be used for eligible activities under
paragraphs (8) and (9) of subsection (c).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H3A1E5B7438B84BCEA9AB07784008774D"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Consultation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">With respect to activities assisted
pursuant to paragraph (2), the Secretary shall consult with the Secretary of
Labor, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, the Secretary of Energy, the
Secretary of Transportation, the Secretary of Education, and the Attorney
General in identifying funding resources that may be provided to supplement
amounts from grants under this title.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H1C6EE259499B4FC290B133E2E5C830FB"><enum>107.</enum><header>Submission and
selection of transformation plans</header>
<subsection id="H26A489CA66BC4DCCA905D7074F2B7538"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Transformation
plan requirements</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">To be
eligible for a grant under this title, an eligible entity shall submit to the
Secretary, at such time in accordance with procedures as the Secretary shall
prescribe, an application in the form of a transformation plan that—</text>
<paragraph id="H5E5459542FEE4635B0A5D0A6951F37B5"><enum>(1)</enum><text>demonstrates how
the transformation plan will achieve the desired priority outcomes of
transforming a distressed neighborhood of extreme poverty into a mixed-income
neighborhood with high- quality, safe, and affordable housing (including the
one-for-one replacement of any public or assisted housing units demolished or
disposed of under the transformation plan), economic opportunities,
well-functioning services, public assets, access to jobs, public
transportation, and effective education programs and public schools, including
charter schools and other autonomous public schools;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HDFB5FBDACFC24E89A0EDA94618AFF636"><enum>(2)</enum><text>demonstrates how
the required activities under section 106(b) will be carried out, including a
detailed description of the housing transformation activities under paragraphs
(1) and (2) of such section;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H7D2655F77396497BAB60AD3E3E01D2E5"><enum>(3)</enum><text>describes the
other eligible activities under section 106(c) that will be carried out in
support of the housing transformation;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H046FF7BC63C948BC9357B30E780E358C"><enum>(4)</enum><text>defines desired
outcomes of the strategy, how residents of housing assisted under this title
will benefit, describes the challenges they face, and the evidence base that
informs the proposed strategies that will result in the desired outcomes for
the community and residents;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H7B3DA9555A034353A3DFFB189A885AA3"><enum>(5)</enum><text>includes a
long-term affordability plan, developed in collaboration with residents of the
public and assisted housing assisted under this title, that describes how the
grantee will maintain affordable housing in the neighborhood over the next 50
years or longer, including affordability provisions relating to dwelling units
provided using assistance under the grant under this title, and an agreement by
the applicant to update such plan every 5 years during such period; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HEB2A1C984CDE44A4B2BB8819A27EF655"><enum>(6)</enum><text>includes such
other information as the Secretary shall, by regulation, prescribe.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HE40794AE787E46B887E511B337C6398B"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Selection
criteria</header><text>The Secretary shall establish criteria for the award of
grants under this title, which shall include the extent to which the
transformation plan—</text>
<paragraph id="H8341D6EA404B4E0792DDC1B7AE2FEF46"><enum>(1)</enum><text>demonstrates the
ability of the plan to further the purposes of this title;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H3F3E1E432F0B452DA3E6FB835166387C"><enum>(2)</enum><text>demonstrates
inclusive local planning with input from units of local government, housing
owners and providers, educators, residents of housing assisted under this
title, local community organizations, public schools, early learning in
programs, health service organizations, and community stakeholders in the
development and implementation of a sustainable revitalization program;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA9D425D19079466BBC965FD0292C4A4A"><enum>(3)</enum><text>coordinates
multiple funding resources, including public, private, and philanthropic
funding, and emphasizes collaboration between the units of local government,
early learning programs and public schools, or a public housing agency, or all
three;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HDCA7A8DF0CF44889BDD49B5CCDD6775B"><enum>(4)</enum><text>includes current
data showing that the neighborhood targeted for revitalization is in need of
and can benefit from the authorized activities described in section 106 and
proposed in the transformation plan;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H678939D5CB944904A84057C1E41341E9"><enum>(5)</enum><text>demonstrates the
capability and record of the applicant and its partners for managing housing
redevelopment or modernization projects, successfully working with public and
assisted housing residents during the planning and redesign process, and
meeting performance benchmarks;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC319B171A48B4D97910592B16411FD50"><enum>(6)</enum><text>demonstrates that
sustainable building and energy efficient design principles are incorporated or
will be incorporated in the activities conducted pursuant to the plan;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H3F6C0203F31C4869A92DE2C56EF16220"><enum>(7)</enum><text>demonstrates that
the neighborhood will have, within a reasonable time, improved access to public
transportation that provides access to economic opportunities and commercial
and public services;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HDCDECA27FEEE459593558E57C57FC439"><enum>(8)</enum><text>demonstrates that
the residents of revitalized housing developments will have improved access to
high-quality educational opportunities, including early learning and effective
elementary and secondary public schools, in or outside of the
neighborhood;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE5EA14DE7E7C40419BC24928AE51CD4A"><enum>(9)</enum><text>demonstrates that
the transformation plan includes the provision of appropriate supportive
services and activities that promote economic self-sufficiency of residents of
housing assisted under the grant, and a plan to sustain such services;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE09CE65D6D2946038DF1570A9187D99D"><enum>(10)</enum><text>demonstrates that
the transformation plan provides support for residents displaced as a result of
the revitalization of the project, including assistance in obtaining housing in
areas with low concentrations of poverty in a manner that does not increase
racial segregation;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H67B7539645E0497495B96B1FBD3F2726"><enum>(11)</enum><text>demonstrates that
sufficient housing opportunities are available in the neighborhood to be
revitalized and in low-poverty areas to accommodate displaced residents, in a
manner that does not increase racial segregation;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H03BC68CACE564CEF91F1D806722BF193"><enum>(12)</enum><text>includes a
well-documented assessment of the number of households with special needs for
ongoing supportive services residing in the public or assisted housing
properties that are the target of the grant and an effective plan to address
such needs;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H22DBD2DA1A194556BF6962EE881490F0"><enum>(13)</enum><text>demonstrates the
ability to leverage funds from other programs of the Department of Housing and
Urban Development, from other Federal, State, or local programs, or from the
private sector, including donations of land or services;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H113DE8D29A064BD994F1543AF266C2A0"><enum>(14)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">demonstrates the compliance with the
requirements of section 109, regarding one-for-one replacement of public and
assisted housing units;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HEB24E57F345042A785BD00FF5F1CE596"><enum>(15)</enum><text>demonstrates how
the applicant will use indicators of housing redevelopment, neighborhood
quality, resident well-being, and other outcomes to measure success, manage
program implementation, and engage stakeholders, consistent with requirements
established by the Secretary;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA5532C3DCC814691923272C6D21FDA5C"><enum>(16)</enum><text>demonstrates, if
feasible, phased redevelopment that provides for demolition and construction of
dwelling units in phases, to limit disruptions to residents;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD45613B3CD7B459EAE217D8EEC1540D9"><enum>(17)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">demonstrates that the neighborhood will
improve its long-term viability through the revitalization of severely
distressed housing, improved access to economic opportunities, improved
investment and leveraging in well-functioning services, and improved education
programs, public assets, public transportation and access to jobs; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC7448C6796174846B764AC6CA632CC03"><enum>(18)</enum><text>demonstrates
compliance with any other factors and priorities that further the purposes of
this title, as the Secretary may, by regulation, prescribe.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H12F2AE9799774309B80E70647830801D"><enum>108.</enum><header>Right of
residents to return; relocation</header>
<subsection id="H5421DACC1A0E469CB7267FF337E1DB9A"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Determination of
resident preferences</header><text>An applicant shall, not later than 15 days
before submitting an application to the Secretary for a grant under this
title—</text>
<paragraph id="H559512A782974A439975B01A198EFAF6"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">hold a community meeting and provide
information to all residents who occupy a dwelling unit in public housing or
assisted housing subject to the transformation plan of—</text>
<subparagraph id="H29888370B93A4E36B9D97FF13887DB5F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the applicant’s
intent to submit an application for a grant under this title;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H7F37D4A6451E47AAB7037361FF2F84A0"><enum>(B)</enum><text>their right to
return and relocation housing options; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC4C72DCB9DD044758260841350C374B1"><enum>(C)</enum><text>all planned
replacement housing units; and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HE1CBB5C0529840CC9E61D8A8366AF566"><enum>(2)</enum><text>solicit from each
resident information regarding the resident’s desire to return to the
replacement housing units constructed upon the original public or assisted
housing location, interest in moving to other neighborhoods or communities, or
interest in retaining a voucher for rental assistance.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H93BC788629824D2A94591078AEB5C3CA"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Resident
involvement</header>
<paragraph id="HA66BB8A822654D3F934931E078F259D7"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Each transformation plan assisted under this title shall
provide opportunities for the active involvement and participation of, and
consultation with, residents of the public and assisted housing that is subject
to the transformation plan during the planning process for the transformation
plan, including prior to submission of the application, and during all phases
of the planning and implementation. Such opportunities for participation may
include participation of members of any resident council or tenant
organization, but may not be limited to such members, and shall include all
segments of the population of residents of the public and assisted housing that
is subject to the revitalization plan, including single parent-headed
households, the elderly, young employed and unemployed adults, teenage youth,
and disabled persons. Such opportunities shall include a process that provides
opportunity for comment on specific proposals for redevelopment, any demolition
and disposition involved, and any proposed significant amendments or changes to
the transformation plan.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF53B7AC8A1F042F29A92956191DD6D30"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Public
meeting</header><text>The Secretary may not make a grant under this title to an
applicant unless the applicant has convened and conducted a public meeting
regarding the transformation plan, including the one-for-one replacement to
occur under the plan, not later than 15 days before submission of the
application for the grant under this section for such plan, at a time and
location that is convenient for residents of the public and assisted housing
subject to the plan.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H0370A7FC1DF444618F169D8CDDAF664F"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Significant
amendments or changes to plan</header><text>An applicant may not carry out any
significant amendment or change to a transformation plan unless—</text>
<subparagraph id="H204C30DD72424B5DAFF19802CEAC8743"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the applicant has
convened and conducted a public meeting regarding the significant amendment or
change at a time and location that is convenient for residents of the public
and assisted housing subject to the plan and has provided each household
occupying a dwelling unit in such public and assisted housing with written
notice of such meeting not less than 10 days before such meeting;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H04ECC38C626D4F2C9665002BD2778E47"><enum>(B)</enum><text>after such
meeting, the applicant consults with the households occupying dwelling units in
the public and assisted housing that are subject to, or to be subject to the
plan, and the agency submits a report to the Secretary describing the results
of such consultation; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF8D17401C3DD455EAFF9723D63064CF2"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the Secretary
approves the significant amendment or change.</text>
</subparagraph><continuation-text continuation-text-level="paragraph">Notwithstanding subparagraph (C), if
the Secretary does not approve or disapprove a request for a significant
amendment or change to a revitalization plan before the expiration of the
30-day period beginning upon the receipt by the Secretary of the report
referred to in subparagraph (B), such request shall be considered to have been
approved.</continuation-text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HC5E3B2409857421DA6E7C18737031EA0"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Right To
return</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary may not
approve a transformation plan under this title unless the plan provides that
each resident of public or assisted housing displaced by activities under the
transformation plan who wishes to return to the on-site or off-site replacement
housing provided under the plan may return if the resident—</text>
<paragraph id="HB37C4D204322473CB1EB02C9BFBFE22B"><enum>(1)</enum><text>was in compliance
with the lease at the time of departure from the housing subject to
rehabilitation or demolition; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H95F4BEC4591642688918408C81AF3974"><enum>(2)</enum><text>would be eligible,
as of the time of such return, for occupancy under the eligibility, screening,
and occupancy standards, policies, or practices applicable to the housing from
which the resident was displaced, as in effect at such time of
displacement.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HF524611E622F4721BF67B63FBE79AF6C"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Relocation,
notice, application for vouchers, and data</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">All relocation activities resulting from,
or that will result from, demolition, disposition, or both demolition and
disposition, to be carried out under a transformation plan relating to a grant
under this title shall be subject to the following requirements:</text>
<paragraph id="H7585AA3129CA40B38FE1E2BE7AFEA623"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Uniform
Relocation and Real Property Acquisition Act</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Uniform Relocation and Real Property
Acquisition Policies Act of 1970 (42 U.S.C. 4601 et seq.) shall apply. To the
extent the provisions of this subsection and such Act conflict, the provisions
that provide greater protection to residents displaced by the demolition,
disposition, or demolition and disposition, shall apply.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H6ECB80BE60B04CD8A53C3E79B116765D"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Relocation
plan</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The applicant shall
submit to the Secretary, together with the application for a grant under this
title, a relocation plan providing for the relocation of residents occupying
the public or assisted housing for which the demolition or disposition is
proposed, which shall include—</text>
<subparagraph id="H44AB94852EA3417099DACD6820A62D43"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a statement of the
estimated number of vouchers for rental assistance under section 108 that will
be needed for such relocation;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H1563E26AE9354F9190BDAC139DAE240C"><enum>(B)</enum><text>identification of
the location of the replacement dwelling units that will be made available for
permanent occupancy; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H7E66B07E4F6C4E0AADA1EF7941791719"><enum>(C)</enum><text>a statement of
whether any temporary, off-site relocation of any residents is necessary and a
description of the plans for such relocation.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HE3DBFFEF1E71476E9D6ED2920DD61B43"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Notice upon
approval of application</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Within a reasonable time after notice to
the applicant of the approval of an application for a grant under this section,
the applicant shall provide notice in writing, in plain and non-technical
language, to the residents of the public and assisted housing subject to the
approved transformation plan that—</text>
<subparagraph id="H40AD55CE8C1D425CA6D5A0A953CCD67E"><enum>(A)</enum><text>states that the
application and transformation plan has been approved;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB15C1B5F41A146ECB8A0C6E4E06265AE"><enum>(B)</enum><text>describes the
process involved to relocate the residents, including a statement that the
residents may not be relocated until the conditions set forth in section 110
have been met;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HAC4DCB9790ED478AABA84A2CB6CB6121"><enum>(C)</enum><text>provides
information regarding relocation options; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE15CCAC6C10B40BFB8F7AC7F3F86485F"><enum>(D)</enum><text>advises residents
of the availability of relocation counseling as required in paragraph
(7).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H29B73FCCF7584C03A63183575967329D"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Notice before
relocation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Except in cases of
a substantial and imminent threat to health or safety, not later than 90 days
before the date on which residents will be relocated, the grantee shall provide
notice in writing, in plain and non-technical language, to each family residing
in a public or assisted housing project that is subject to an approved
transformation plan, and in accordance with such guidelines as the Secretary
may issue governing such notifications, that—</text>
<subparagraph id="HD3CA7FB83A7A4384B11FD40FF10901E2"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the public or
assisted housing project will be demolished or disposed of;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE24EDF8DABD9422B81F7A0EF0C17E6B0"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the demolition of
the building in which the family resides will not commence until each resident
of the building is relocated; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF05B290C74C84CF189AF39B47FBD538A"><enum>(C)</enum><text>if temporary,
off-site relocation is necessary, each family displaced by such action shall be
offered comparable housing—</text>
<clause id="HF2317BA868C14573BEB41D583231CFBC"><enum>(i)</enum><text>that
meets housing quality standards;</text>
</clause><clause id="H19AE4E8362304C89A2D042C860F6D8D7"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>that is located
in an area that is generally not less desirable than the location of the
displaced family’s housing, which shall include at least one unit located in an
area of low-poverty or one unit located within the neighborhood of the original
public or assisted housing site;</text>
</clause><clause id="H2B5E5DB1591F4EF5A0DE1DFC3C6EB85D"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>that is
identified and available to the family; and</text>
</clause><clause id="HE2C8CB07CCA14803A14B41373CD13FE9"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>which shall
include—</text>
<subclause id="HE225D3D3D34842A7A853641EE6E2DF5B"><enum>(I)</enum><text>tenant-based
assistance, except that the requirement under this subparagraph regarding
offering of comparable housing shall be fulfilled by use of tenant-based
assistance only upon the relocation of the family into such housing;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H63F021DAC3F8436BB30B0C31255607E2"><enum>(II)</enum><text>project-based
assistance;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H4B5F946D79144EC4B3218DBCF2B0DA01"><enum>(III)</enum><text>occupancy in a
unit operated or assisted by the public housing agency or the owner of the
assisted project demolished or disposed of under this section, at a rental rate
paid by the family that is comparable to the rental rate applicable to the unit
from which the family is relocated; or</text>
</subclause><subclause id="HA34041D239804BC7A181E8A5D9BFD3BD"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>other comparable
housing.</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H88A52D981D924CEDA7CE9916E9297862"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Search
period</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding any
other provision of law, in the case of a household that is provided
tenant-based assistance for relocation of the household under this section, the
period during which the household may lease a dwelling unit using such
assistance shall not be shorter in duration than the 150-day period that begins
at the time a comparable replacement unit is made available to the family. If
the household is unable to lease a dwelling unit using such assistance during
such period, the grantee shall extend the period during which the household may
lease a dwelling unit using such assistance, or at the resident’s request,
shall provide the resident with the next available comparable public housing
unit or comparable housing unit for which project-based assistance is
provided.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H4044872B83FD40389B7AA0477E8879B4"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Payment of
relocation expenses</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The
grantee shall provide for the payment of the actual and reasonable relocation
expenses, including security deposits, of each resident to be displaced and any
other relocation expenses as are required by the Uniform Relocation Assistance
and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act of 1970.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HFDB4868338C74E3EAFE0492BDE6D5BC5"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Comprehensive
relocation counseling</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The
grantee shall provide all advisory programs and services as required by the
Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act of
1970 and counseling for residents who are displaced that shall fully inform
residents to be displaced of all relocation options, which may include
relocating to housing in a neighborhood with a lower concentration of poverty
than their current residence or remaining in the current neighborhood. Such
counseling shall also include providing school options for children and
comprehensive housing search assistance for household that receive a voucher
for tenant-based assistance.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H4233165C4F6245D4973C004E63C8E3AD"><enum>(8)</enum><header>Timing of
demolition or disposition</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The
grantee shall not commence demolition or complete disposition of a building
subject to the approved transformation plan until all residents residing in the
building are relocated.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H3DA0B981381A4FB68DAB3D52C19C36F5"><enum>(9)</enum><header>Timing of
relocation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The applicant
shall not commence relocation before approval by the Secretary of the
transformation plan providing for the demolition or disposition, unless the
applicant generally relocates residents in accordance with this section, as
determined by the Secretary, except in the case of a substantial and imminent
threat to health or safety.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H02F3D78A9977439E9874A683D0ED2269"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Monitoring of
displaced households</header>
<paragraph id="H4068D0B08DB74E14B695225C3E797194"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Grantee
responsibilities</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">To
facilitate compliance with the requirement under subsection (a) (relating to
right of residents to return), the Secretary shall, by regulation, require each
grantee of a grant under this section, during the period of the transformation
plan assisted with the grant and until all funding under the grant has been
expended—</text>
<subparagraph id="H2E8FAA418EFB49E48779308153A7E571"><enum>(A)</enum><text>to maintain a
current address of residence and contact information for each household
affected by the transformation plan who was occupying a dwelling unit in the
housing that is subject to the plan; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE8AA729CB4094D75A08D163C92C6EE82"><enum>(B)</enum><text>to provide such
updated information to the Secretary on at least a quarterly basis.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H05658721C0134A638A6EA101F97ED44A"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Certification</header><text>The
Secretary may not close out any grant made under this section before the
grantee has certified to the Secretary that the agency has complied with
subsection (a) (relating to right of residents to return) with respect to each
resident displaced as a result of the transformation plan, including providing
occupancy in a replacement dwelling unit for each resident who requested such a
unit in accordance with such subsection.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H1B6FF51285464268AF93069F3CF09298"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Preference</header><text>A
returning resident shall be provided a preference for occupancy of on-site or
off-site replacement units before such units are made available for occupancy
by any other eligible households, or the resident may choose to retain
tenant-based voucher assistance provided under section 8(o) of the United
States Housing Act of 1937 for relocation from the properties revitalized under
a transformation plan assisted with a grant under this title.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H7CCB189552224B96A083747BB792AB90"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Prohibition on
re-Screening</header><text>A public housing agency or any other manager of
on-site or off-site replacement housing shall not, through the application of
any additional eligibility, screening, occupancy, or other policy or practice,
prevent any person otherwise eligible under subsection (a) from occupying a
replacement housing unit.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H7D45B27253F945C1B1DD09F110E92005"><enum>109.</enum><header>One-for-One
replacement of public and assisted housing dwelling units</header>
<subsection id="H51E581D6414749D9AC8C5D7584A50940"><enum>(a)</enum><header>One-for-One
replacement of public or assisted housing units</header><text>The Secretary may
not approve a transformation plan that provides for dwelling units to be
demolished or disposed of unless the plan provides as follows:</text>
<paragraph id="H0DFF432B54D44ACC8C1AEA8E500375CA"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Requirement to
replace each unit</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">One hundred
percent, or such lower percentage as is provided pursuant to subsection (b), of
the public and assisted housing dwelling units and units described in section
116(1)(E) that are demolished or disposed of pursuant to the transformation
plan shall be replaced with a newly constructed, rehabilitated, or purchased
public or assisted housing unit or with a newly constructed, rehabilitated, or
purchased unit (including through project-based assistance) that is subject to
requirements regarding eligibility for occupancy, tenant contribution toward
rent, and long-term affordability restrictions that are consistent with such
requirements for public and assisted housing dwelling units or for State units,
as applicable, except that—</text>
<subparagraph id="HC3E114F0F07941F4B07232250F2AFC96"><enum>(A)</enum><text>subparagraph (D)
of section 8(o)(13) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (relating to
income-mixing requirement of project-based assistance) shall not apply with
respect to vouchers used to comply with the requirements of this paragraph;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H094DD0E0A76441EF853FF7A56816A9E1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>for purposes of
this paragraph, subparagraph (B) of such section 8(o)(13) (relating to
percentage limitation) shall be applied by substituting <quote>50
percent</quote> for <quote>20 percent</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H8A04D61271534D85A909F8B3D85992E0"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Other
requirements</header><text>Admission to, administration of, and eviction from
replacement housing units that replaced public housing units, but that are not
public housing dwelling units, shall be subject to the following provisions to
the same extent as public housing dwelling units:</text>
<subparagraph id="H9F3A84A44A8243E29533157FEEE130BD"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Section 578 of the
Quality Housing and Work Responsibility Act of 1998 (42 U.S.C. 13663; relating
to ineligibility of dangerous sex offenders).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD961009CF61A4FD5957FDC69EAD73D9E"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Section 16(f) of
the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437n(f); relating to
ineligibility of certain drug offenders).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H1EECC363A8C24ED9B99CBCE13ADB2699"><enum>(C)</enum><text>Sections 20 and 21
of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437r, 1437s; relating to
resident management).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD487C2091A814D43A14B040FA5646F95"><enum>(D)</enum><text>Section 25 of the
United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437w; relating to transfer of
management at request of residents).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H197FAB5C702149F6A6F97CDA36CEFAFE"><enum>(E)</enum><text>Section 6(k) of
the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437d(k); relating to
administrative grievance procedure).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H1EA4DDA0310B47D996A1773478D31013"><enum>(F)</enum><text>Section 6(f) of
the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437d(f); relating to housing
quality requirements).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H23CDF11211614B688F12DB527F0D7C44"><enum>(G)</enum><text>Part 964 of title
24, Code of Federal regulations (relating to tenant participation and
opportunities).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HFE903A14A1F945ED9C7A123E692C79E3"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Retention of
rights</header><text>Tenants occupying a replacement housing unit shall have
all rights provided to tenants of the housing from which the tenants were
relocated.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H4311FB6D4C9840B6A65EC07D9806F04B"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Size</header>
<subparagraph id="HB813291B40014B04BB96998CD0DA973C"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Replacement units
shall be of comparable size, unless a market analysis shows a need for
other-sized units, in which case such need shall be addressed.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA8B9ED0ADF0D45BAB035B2D0BBA07325"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Bedrooms</header><text>The
number of bedrooms within each replacement unit shall be sufficient to serve
families displaced as a result of the demolition or disposition. Replacement
units may include a greater number of bedrooms than the number of bedrooms in
units replaced if an analysis of the waiting list of the public housing agency
shows that more bedrooms are needed to accommodate families on the waiting
list.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H7C42545245F44DDE9A17512FBD6D1B7E"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Location on
site</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">At least one-third of
all replacement units for public and assisted housing units demolished shall be
public or assisted housing units constructed within the immediate area of the
original public or assisted housing location, unless the Secretary determines
that—</text>
<subparagraph id="H1A5E8CF6B6A7442DB170787FA722BB97"><enum>(A)</enum><text>construction on
such location would result in the violation of a consent decree; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H8B1D6C6C9F48424F972C4075BE43EF54"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the land on which
the public and assisted housing is located is environmentally unsafe,
geologically unstable, or otherwise is unsuitable for the construction of
housing.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H32AB2C600876480785CE83706295ACC7"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Location in the
neighborhood</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Any replacement
housing units provided in addition to dwelling units provided pursuant to
paragraph (5) shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="H783AF82B250549CCB80469868A3FC94C"><enum>(A)</enum><text>be provided in
areas within the neighborhood, except that if rebuilding the units within the
neighborhood is not feasible, units shall be provided within the jurisdiction
of the public housing agency—</text>
<clause id="HD3EBD810AD9A4FD9BAD3DA8D8A33F0AC"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in areas having low concentrations of
poverty;</text>
</clause><clause id="H0D5B072F9FED45699FF29E62E344F7A8"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in
a manner that furthers the economic and educational opportunities for
residents;</text>
</clause><clause id="H39387D2CA0D94CEC83E52B9CF7D055C1"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>in
a manner that does not increase racial segregation; and</text>
</clause><clause id="HFDBEBE21313B4305928B1F5AF0DE890A"><enum>(iv)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in areas offering access to public
transportation; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H743CC6E7A61D448DB5902C8E085559B5"><enum>(B)</enum><text>have access to
social, recreational, educational, commercial, and health facilities and
services, including municipal services and facilities, that are comparable to
services provided to the revitalized neighborhood from which residents were
displaced.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HF2E8CBDC456947598E5A8EC7F86E9924"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Waiver</header>
<paragraph id="H9C2171538437412B8BE31E689E9DC530"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Authority</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Upon the written request of an applicant
for a grant under this title submitted as part of the transformation plan
pursuant to section 107, the Secretary may reduce the percentage applicable
under subsection (a)(1) to the transformation plan of the applicant to not less
than 80 percent, but only if—</text>
<subparagraph id="HD90BA8CE955C4FE1A44D0DD183C0ECEA"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a judgment,
consent decree, or other order of a court limits the ability of the applicant
to comply with such requirements; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HEB4A41DC27E14D73A50ADBFD1108700A"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the applicant
demonstrates that there is an excess supply of affordable rental housing in
areas of low poverty and provides data showing that, in the area surrounding
the revitalized neighborhood—</text>
<clause id="H6419F246C3BF400AB82BBF08657B78B3"><enum>(i)</enum><text>at
least 80 percent of vouchers issued under section 8(o) of the United States
Housing Act of 1937 over the last 24 months to comparable families were
successfully used to lease a dwelling unit within 120 days of issuance or, if a
sufficient number of comparable families have not received vouchers, an
alternative measure, as the Secretary shall design, is met;</text>
</clause><clause id="H59A76FA9EC6A4A1C9B5BF3BB790E6CF6"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>existing voucher
holders are widely dispersed geographically in areas of low poverty with access
to public transportation, education, and other amenities, as determined by the
Secretary, among the available private rental housing stock; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H801D17E722D849ADA4D18D1ECA041579"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the applicant
provides a market analysis demonstrating that—</text>
<subclause id="H12E6C0A97DCB49D39522711EC8A3193F"><enum>(I)</enum><text>there is a
relatively high vacancy rate among units that would meet or exceed housing
quality standards, as determined by the Secretary, within the market area with
rent and utility costs not exceeding the applicable payment standard under
section 8(o) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f(o));
and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H2F9400AB661C491C8697A8DD8613BA97"><enum>(II)</enum><text>such high vacancy
rate within the market area is expected to continue for the next 5 years or
longer.</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H820B137285BC49FB8D9C65FB5AA41D26"><enum>110.</enum><header>Other program
requirements</header>
<subsection id="H1DB0FB2A0402489196CA9D5BBB83F59B"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Fair
housing</header><text>The demolition or disposition, relocation, replacement,
and reoccupancy of housing units in connection with a grant under this title
shall be carried out in a manner that affirmatively furthers fair housing, as
required by section 808 of the Civil Rights Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3608(e)).
Grantees shall adopt affirmative marketing procedures, and require affirmative
marketing activities of project owners and managers. Such special outreach
efforts shall be targeted to those who are least likely to apply for the
housing, to ensure that all persons regardless of their race, color, national
origin, religion, sex, disability, or familial status are aware of the housing
opportunities in each project funded with a grant under this title.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H99DF7EC8B1D24972A3B34A41AC43B54D"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Accessibility
requirements</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">All new
construction and alterations of existing buildings carried out in connection
with a grant under this title shall comply with the requirements of the section
504 of Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 794), the Accessibility Standards
for Design, Construction, and Alteration of Publicly Owned Residential
Structures of the Department of Housing and Urban Development (24 C.F.R. part
40), the Fair Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 3601 et seq.), and any other requirements
as determined by the Secretary.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H9B7DC4B477264C598116451522E13563"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Affordability
requirement</header><text>Amounts from a grant under this title may not be used
for assistance for any housing property unless the owner of the property
assisted agrees to a period of affordability for the property which shall be
not shorter than the period of affordability to which the property is already
subject and remains subject, or 20 years, whichever is longer.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H046625ACFA384A7DBA4A763AEDC5799C"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Cost
limits</header><text>Subject to the provisions of this title, the Secretary
shall establish cost limits on eligible activities under this title sufficient
to provide for effective transformation programs.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H599601E8519A451FB82F6E5BFF26B1EB"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Environmental
review</header><text>For purposes of environmental review, assistance and
projects under this title shall be treated as assistance for special projects
that are subject to section 305(c) of the Multifamily Housing Property
Disposition Reform Act of 1994 (42 U.S.C. 3547), and shall be subject to the
regulations issued by the Secretary to implement such section.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H4ABFD73E72EE4A3292D9232E3D13C00C"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Grantee
reporting</header><text>The Secretary shall require grantees under this title
to report the sources and uses of all amounts expended and other information
for transformation plans for the Secretary’s annual report to Congress or other
purposes as determined by the Secretary.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="HA8C931306D99448DB7922C2D17156622"><enum>111.</enum><header>Demolition and
disposition</header>
<subsection id="H98F18D2A2BD446E79FD37E41A70833F9"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Inapplicability
of public housing demolition and disposition requirements to transformation
plan</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The demolition or
disposition of severely distressed public housing pursuant to a transformation
plan approved under this title shall exempt from the provisions of section 18
of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437p).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HD8676356C7144E7E9A804E5840D84881"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Applicability of
public housing demolition and disposition requirements to replacement public
housing</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Nothing in this title
may be construed to exempt any replacement public housing dwelling units
provided under a transformation plan in accordance with the requirements under
section 109 (relating to one-for-one replacement of public housing dwelling
units) from the provisions of section 18 of the United States Housing Act of
1937.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H7086BF40FDC8447FB0FB758063177B62"><enum>112.</enum><header>Phase-specific
underwriting</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">To the extent
that a transformation plan provides for different phases of activities, the
Secretary may allow for the various phases of such plan to be underwritten on a
separate basis.</text>
</section><section id="HCB74EFCC756F4F7B988813BB66BA18EF"><enum>113.</enum><header>Administration
by other entities</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The
Secretary may require a grantee under this title to make arrangements
satisfactory to the Secretary for use of an entity other than the original
grantee to carry out activities assisted under the transformation plan of the
grantee, if—</text>
<paragraph id="HA1E9AED2142442EDBB3197CDD275541D"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the original
grantee has failed to meet performance benchmarks relating to implementation of
the transformation plan; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC2497A3BBA724761939AE95165CA0175"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the Secretary
determines that such action will help to effectuate the purposes of this
title.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="H208EC8B438304E8392E44B9C37891637"><enum>114.</enum><header>Withdrawal of
funding</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">If a grantee under
this title does not proceed within a reasonable timeframe in implementing its
transformation plan or does not otherwise comply with the requirements of this
title and the grant agreement, as determined by the Secretary, the Secretary
may withdraw any grant amounts under this title that have not been obligated by
the grantee. The Secretary may redistribute any withdrawn amounts to one or
more other eligible entities capable of proceeding expeditiously in the same
locality in carrying out the transformation plan of the original grantee, or as
such plan may be modified and approved by the Secretary, or, if that is not
feasible, to one or more other applicants that has already received assistance
under this title.</text>
</section><section id="H88D0EAF28F44453088F78E43083FBF0F"><enum>115.</enum><header>Annual report;
public availability of grant information</header>
<subsection id="HA697D1C71426431790DA8D61D00F3322"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Annual
report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not less than 90 days
before the conclusion of each fiscal year, the Secretary shall submit to
Committee on Financial Services of the House of Representatives and the
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate a report on the
implementation and status of grants awarded under this title, which shall
include—</text>
<paragraph id="H615EB7D11E15488CB0D441B082D65F05"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the number, type,
and cost of affordable housing units revitalized pursuant to this title;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD8B749EB626B49B991339FAF5E7617E8"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the amount and
type of financial assistance provided under and in conjunction with this title,
including a specification of the amount and type of assistance provided for
educational opportunities, services, public assets, public transportation, and
access to jobs;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H7247D52EA250411B851E9B880BA3D505"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the impact of
grants made under this title on the original residents, the target
neighborhoods, and the larger communities within which they are located;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H82D0A38FD40E4B60B24A8D89480DA43A"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">all information submitted to the Secretary
pursuant to section 108(g)(1) by all grantees and summaries of the extent of
compliance by grantees with the requirements under subsections (a) and (g) of
section 108; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H316A7771C55842C39A1CD5A16332AC07"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any information related to grantees
implementation of the requirements under section 109 (relating to one-for-one
replacement of public housing dwelling units) and the efforts of the Secretary
to coordinate funding pursuant to section 106(d)(3).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H6FBF6C372BF1432B9FA03E8FF869D815"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Public
availability of grant information</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">To the extent not inconsistent with any
other provisions of law, the Secretary shall make publicly available through a
World Wide Web site of the Department of Housing and Urban Development all
documents of, or filed with, the Department relating to the program under this
title, including applications, grant agreements, plans, budgets, reports, and
amendments to such documents; except that in carrying out this subsection, the
Secretary shall take such actions as may be necessary to protect the privacy of
any residents and households displaced from public or assisted housing as a
result of a transformation plan assisted under a grant under this title.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H9F50EA2E6DC449848CBCA3D3419409AA"><enum>116.</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For purposes of this title, the following
definitions shall apply:</text>
<paragraph id="H8D3FECD14C374360B2CB76B7D75FD335"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Affordable
housing</header><text>The term <term>affordable housing</term> includes—</text>
<subparagraph id="HA0D6E410DED94918B252BA7D44CD817F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>public housing
assisted under section 9 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C.
1437g);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA46F631046984843B544B491C1DC711B"><enum>(B)</enum><text>assisted housing
(as such term is defined in this section);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H6837008844AC4810A0DBD3BC8A971FEC"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">housing assisted under an affordable
housing program administered by the Secretary of Agriculture through Rural
Housing Service;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H5BC186DCC1AF4B5AB8F37A0636FCB40C"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">rental housing that utilizes tax credits
under section 42 or the Internal Revenue Code of 1986;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H7EB9CFF7EDC4453AAD56E6DEF9213362"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">affordable rental housing owned, developed,
or assisted through a State or local government or State housing finance
agency, including State-assisted public housing, which is subject to a
long-term affordability restriction requiring occupancy by low-income
households; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H8101C06AE8654E7E97B2CA4ABA88D0AA"><enum>(F)</enum><text>private housing
for low- and moderate-income households and for which the Secretary requires
the owner or purchaser of the project to maintain affordability for no fewer
than 20 years in accordance with use restrictions under regulations issued by
the Secretary, which restrictions shall be—</text>
<clause id="H7281732BA7A64D508FA47A9C7F6E094A"><enum>(i)</enum><text>contained in a
legally enforceable document recorded in the appropriate records; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H7723E8501832407282C6894EBFBB7F01"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>consistent with
the long-term viability of the project as rental or homeownership
housing.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H2F254115BE3D48F2A5A94E4742AB341E"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Applicant</header><text>The
term <term>applicant</term> means an eligible entity under section 104(a) that
submits an application for a grant under this title pursuant to section
107.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE117A0E6E52245AC8562CACC70FAED90"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Assisted
housing</header><text>The term <term>assisted housing</term> means rental
housing assisted under—</text>
<subparagraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB09FB9894C7241DB9CFA83F0F5F3FF11"><enum>(A)</enum><text>section 8 of the
United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f, 1437g);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE015225A92DE479C88142C75508427E6"><enum>(B)</enum><text>section 221(d)(3)
or 236 of the National Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1715l, 1715z–1);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD8BC3E515B47468B825E8AF8E9F46CB6"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">section 202 of the Housing Act of 1959 (12
U.S.C. 1701q); or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB5AFD11682F44E3AA97C8E9C261F0417"><enum>(D)</enum><text>section 811 of
Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 8013).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H7766161B245D4C9B8748AC8B82B93A04"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Critical
community improvements</header><text>The term <term>critical community
improvements</term> means—</text>
<subparagraph id="H59D45CBE11534600B2B2DADB90AAB6F7"><enum>(A)</enum><text>development or
improvement of community facilities to promote upward mobility,
self-sufficiency, or improved quality of life for residents of the
neighborhood, such as construction or rehabilitation of parks and community
gardens, environmental improvements, or site remediation at affected sites;
or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H5A9BB8A0A4264ABB802A5C3FE0D844BE"><enum>(B)</enum><text>activities to
promote economic development, such as development or improvement of transit,
retail, community financial institutions, public services, facilities, assets,
or other community resources.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HC61E45DA18744941BA2D8A64A95A1BF6"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Extreme
poverty</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term
<term>extreme poverty</term> means, with respect to a neighborhood, that the
neighborhood—</text>
<subparagraph id="H0A963224985B4D27BF50A79A67FE4367"><enum>(A)</enum><text>has a high
percentage of residents who are—</text>
<clause id="H311B0885C6594B38B89609BE460F2C89"><enum>(i)</enum><text>estimated to be in
poverty; or</text>
</clause><clause id="HFA7B2BA2B11A48E3A217E5964160419E"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>have extremely
low incomes based on the most recent data collected by the United States Census
Bureau; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE3C1B162FCE9423FBFB7E9402C1BB076"><enum>(B)</enum><text>is experiencing
distress related to one or more of the following:</text>
<clause id="HB22B9E57846743FD9438109479B4A847"><enum>(i)</enum><text>Per
capita crime rates over 3 or more years that are significantly higher than the
per capita crime rates of the city or county in which the neighborhood is
located.</text>
</clause><clause id="H524361B5F09848F4A7D9DF0810A3265D"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>High rates of
vacant, abandoned, or substandard homes relative to the city or county as a
whole.</text>
</clause><clause id="H8D6B1ECF97324EB0B0B0595973D229CC"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>A
low-performing public school.</text>
</clause><clause id="HBD44CC0446844CDFBBD62C6948370157"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>Other such
factors as determined by the Secretary that further the purposes of this
title.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HC65D84832DBF47C1A29BACF4EEB38820"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Families</header><text>The
term <term>families</term> has the meaning given such term in section 3(b) of
the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437a(b)).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H1091E9A2B40B4EF8828FAFA146D2D682"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Grantee</header><text>The
term <term>grantee</term> means an eligible entity under section 104 that is
awarded a grant under this title, pursuant to selection under section
107.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H2DA0DA71D07D4FBBA308D5906EAF2F86"><enum>(8)</enum><header>Long-term
viability</header><text>The term <term>long-term viability</term> means, with
respect to a neighborhood, that the neighborhood is sustainable on an economic,
education, and environmental basis.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H2809CB338F9D4865BDA45E3BCE648B07"><enum>(9)</enum><header>Neighborhood</header><text>The
term <term>neighborhood</term> means an area that—</text>
<subparagraph id="HB931B394683645ADBAE9EEAB9A9EC794"><enum>(A)</enum><text>has distinguishing
characteristics;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H84F73ADD8EA443579C42AE0FF9E7F512"><enum>(B)</enum><text>represents the
geographical distribution of targeted populations; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC60C16BF4C03476A8129EC9DDFCEB248"><enum>(C)</enum><text>is not exclusive
of areas that are integrally related to the composition of the
community.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HFE97786148A9498A92B4B4482A2A6F85"><enum>(10)</enum><header>Public housing;
public housing agency</header><text>The terms <term>public housing</term> and
<term>public housing agency</term> have the meanings given such terms in
section 3(b) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C.
1437a(b)).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H266092A5C3AA46298315CAE1B6D39E8D"><enum>(11)</enum><header>Secretary</header><text>The
term <term>Secretary</term> means the Secretary of Housing and Urban
Development.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC13BFEE2A7944CDDBE85CE84C31948A9"><enum>(12)</enum><header>Severely
distressed housing</header><text>The term <term>severely distressed
housing</term> means a public or assisted housing project (or building in a
project) that—</text>
<subparagraph id="H05F07E755C1C48DABFAF40FCA71D08FB"><enum>(A)</enum><clause commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H99DFCF54A6FC4513A5E31DE713CFC7E2"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">has been certified, by an engineer or
architect licensed by a State licensing board, as meeting criteria for physical
distress that indicate that the project requires major redesign,
reconstruction, or redevelopment, or partial or total demolition, to correct
serious deficiencies in the original design (including inappropriately
high-population density), deferred maintenance, physical deterioration or
obsolescence of major systems, and other deficiencies in the physical plant of
the project; and</text>
</clause><clause id="HD27A198861E840CA944F19AEE585318E" indent="up1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>is a significant contributing
factor to the physical decline of and disinvestment by public and private
entities in the surrounding neighborhood, as documented by evidence of
non-physical distress, such as extreme poverty, including census data and past
surveys of neighborhood stability conducted by an applicant or co-applicant or
their qualified designee; or</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H3677631492CA4A39ADADAEDC8CC32EA6"><enum>(B)</enum><text>was a project
described in subparagraph (A) that has been legally vacated or demolished, but
for which the Secretary has not yet provided replacement housing assistance
other than tenant-based assistance.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H6A8DF94BAD0042A5819AAF78050D6746"><enum>(13)</enum><header>Significant
amendment or change</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term
<term>significant</term> means, with respect to an amendment or change to a
transformation plan, that the amendment or change—</text>
<subparagraph id="H78FD15DB683D4898A4940A40C7EB49B8"><enum>(A)</enum><text>changes the use of
20 percent or more of the total amount of the grant provided under this title
from use for one activity to use for another;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H8A32B96B3ED54996B282165E0643039F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>eliminates an
activity that is a required activity that, notwithstanding the change, would
otherwise be carried out under the plan; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA4BEB77C11D8490AA6EC435BA59C6C1E"><enum>(C)</enum><text>significantly
changes the scope, location, or beneficiaries of the project carried out under
the plan.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H8F92C9D9E91E473A98BC4C38205EDC79"><enum>(14)</enum><header>Supportive
services</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term
<term>supportive services</term> includes all activities that will promote
upward mobility, self-sufficiency, or improved quality of life,
including—</text>
<subparagraph id="HA6A0D6E64AC84ED0BCA7425F876B8464"><enum>(A)</enum><text>such activities as
literacy training, remedial and continuing education, job training, financial
literacy instruction, daycare, youth services, aging-in-place, physical and
mental health services, and other programs for which such residents demonstrate
need;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H4F0C04955AB84E18A23822FE74CAD35F"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">case management and service coordination
services, including providing coordinators for the Family Self-Sufficiency
program under section 23 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C.
1437u) and the Resident Opportunity and Supportive Services program under
section 34 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1437z–6); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H03150CAEB4B24D11A4210B36F75CE5FE"><enum>(C)</enum><text>technical
assistance to enable residents to access programs from other key agencies and
local service providers in order to help residents be stably housed, improve
outcomes for children, and enhance adults’ capacity for self-sufficiency and
economic security, and services for the elderly and persons with disabilities
to maintain independence.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></section><section id="HA8D8E4F1466843A8B7B85D10439EB040"><enum>117.</enum><header>Funding</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">There are authorized to be appropriated the
following amounts:</text>
<paragraph id="H5ED2F7725477492185B9F69B4B56BF41"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Grants</header><text>$575,000,000
for fiscal year 2011 and such sums as may be necessary in each of fiscal years
2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, and 2015, for grants under this title, of which, in any
fiscal year—</text>
<subparagraph id="H81A8A500004544D5821FB401EC438A93"><enum>(A)</enum><text>up to 10 percent
of such amount authorized may be used for planning grants, except that in
awarding planning grants, the Secretary may elect to base selection on a subset
of the required provisions of this title;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB8104CB0943445E5BF2C2C0A0B00CB8B"><enum>(B)</enum><text>up to 5 percent of
the amount authorized may be used for technical assistance and program
evaluation efforts related to grants awarded under this title, or under
predecessor programs; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HCDA3876392DA45D894A7CADA9EC8F372"><enum>(C)</enum><text>not less than
two-thirds shall be used for, or two-thirds of the number of housing units
assisted under this title shall be, public housing units, subject to de minimis
variations as may result from the grantee selection process.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H1F7715368C5A4E018AC68BB9EC93797B"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Rental
assistance</header><text>Such sums as may be necessary for each of fiscal years
2011 through 2015 for providing tenant-based assistance for relocation and for
rental assistance under section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 for
the purposes of complying with section 108(c) of this title, but not to exceed
the amount of assistance for the number of units demolished or disposed of
under section 108(c)(1).</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="H42665EF72069473A81D08E5166D4A0D8"><enum>118.</enum><header>Regulations</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Not later than the expiration of the 180-day
period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall
issue regulations to carry out the following provisions of this title:</text>
<paragraph id="HB8E2A2FB0E204FAA96625DAEE758E71A"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Subsections (c)
and (e) of section 106.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H4097A04761504330A8ECCFC9CF9359D3"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Section
9(b).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE21D7709B5BE48ABB3020B88A0A84194"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Paragraphs (4),
(5), (8), (9), and (12) of section 116.</text>
</paragraph></section><enum>II</enum><header>Public Housing
One-for-One Replacement and Tenant Protection</header>
<section id="H4C1CC5F56DF247CB8702DF94F0E3F0F2" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>201.</enum><header>Short
title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This title may be cited
as the <quote><short-title>Public Housing One-for-One
Replacement and Tenant Protection Act of 2010</short-title></quote>.</text>
</section><section id="HF49B10C6CC5642518F6A12D36B2994B9"><enum>202.</enum><header>Demolition and
disposition of public housing</header>
<subsection id="H9FE77FCD025940AFA53178FBDA42C680"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Amendments to
section 18</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 18 of the
United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437p) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H44ECC395F9EC4448B7C935F6FE583BD6"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by redesignating
subsections (a) through (h) as subsections (b) through (i),
respectively;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HFB472D0BF86642D7998256DC69030008"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting
before subsection (b) (as so redesignated by paragraph (1) of this subsection)
the following new subsection:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H347DE50FE6CF4D87AB578AB1283A2240" style="OLC">
<subsection id="HE5912A83A09D4062A6B840321A755901"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Applicability</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
this section shall apply to—</text>
<paragraph id="HD4DBAA2299014F33BE1987466E3C47CB"><enum>(1)</enum><text>demolition,
disposition, or demolition or disposition or both pursuant to conversion under
section 22 or 33 of any public housing unit; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF781F08C27AA4392A6FCA618D0220E60"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the taking of
public housing units, directly or indirectly, through the use of eminent
domain.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA33D317AED1B46B5B6EDDEF58E550215"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (b) (as so redesignated by
paragraph (1) of this subsection)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H29DBAA4783944AAC9280C19A6635CC65"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the matter
preceding paragraph (1)—</text>
<clause id="H12099907BFC642A591C2AC49E598E43A"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by
striking <quote>subsection (b)</quote> and inserting <quote>subsection
(c)</quote>; and</text>
</clause><clause id="HB53852A2C3A8457C813A14B0C61D4C71"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by
striking <quote>if the public housing agency certifies</quote> and inserting
<quote>only if the Secretary determines that</quote>;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H5B77CF18D5C749A292BB8B9CDB6A4ECA"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph
(2)(A)(ii), by striking <quote>low-income housing</quote> and inserting
<quote>housing for low-income, very-low income, and extremely low-income
families consistent with the needs identified pursuant to section 5A(d)(1) in
the public housing agency plan for the agency and with targeting requirements
under section 16(a) for public housing</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H2C286DC1267A4D08BB290C5A0B5446A7"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by striking
paragraph (4);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HCBAD28BE9A064326A813BE29662EFE63"><enum>(D)</enum><text>in paragraph (6),
by striking <quote>subsection (c)</quote> and inserting <quote>subsection
(d)</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA7F5B6403E704B01AF9F8FA888234880"><enum>(E)</enum><text>by redesignating
paragraphs (5) and (6) as paragraphs (4) and (5), respectively; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H0AA3BC0BBB644CC8B5B1684B267CD9F3"><enum>(F)</enum><text>by inserting after
paragraph (5) (as so redesignated) the following new paragraph:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H49B1985CD8E848AFA67ED584CB0554B6" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" id="H198C18EA65F8486EB3C4423D8C6AE315"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">that the public housing agency has obtained
from each resident information pursuant to subsection (f)(3)(B) and has
established a replacement housing preference for each such
resident.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>;
</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H6C2A06FEDEBF498E90784653C91D03E6"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (c) (as so redesignated by
paragraph (1) of this subsection)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HDA15061F0B6645A18F67B725F7129754"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the matter
preceding paragraph (1), by striking <quote>subsection (a)</quote> and
inserting <quote>subsection (b)</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H5EA89EAE9DA745AA922FBA052663C7A2"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (1),
by striking <quote>or</quote> at the end;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H53BEF9360E1C4C9DB287CBD14F6A5AEA"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in paragraph
(2)(C) by striking the period at the end and inserting a semicolon; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H27A897DE0CED4A35A31C3E3A38349FA1"><enum>(D)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following new paragraphs:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE2707DAE38944C9796902A94AF11C3A4" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="HB19AA78853364F4189514DA45D5AA526"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the application
does not provide for the active involvement and participation of, and
consultation with, residents, resident advisory boards, and resident councils
of the public housing development that is subject to the application during the
planning and implementation of the plan for demolition, relocation, and
replacement of the units;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HCBEED185D83A49DE92DBF383E695A823"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the proposed relocation, demolition,
disposition, demolition or disposition or both pursuant to conversion under
section 22 or 33, or the provision of replacement housing will not be carried
out in a manner that affirmatively furthers fair housing, as described in
section 808(e) of the Civil Rights Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3608(e)), or that the
measures proposed by the public housing agency to mitigate potential adverse
impacts of the proposed relocation, demolition, disposition, demolition or
disposition or both pursuant to conversion under section 22 or 33, or the
provision of replacement housing on persons protected by section 804 of the
Civil Rights Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3604), are clearly insufficient or
inappropriate; or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H18D8EB787C214466ABE277E5BF181D22"><enum>(5)</enum><text>the Secretary
determines that the proposed plan for relocation, demolition, disposition,
demolition or disposition or both subsequent to conversion pursuant to section
22 or 33, or the provision of replacement housing does not comply with the
requirements of subsection (e) of this
section.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H1933D29B0873447CB3E15D400A626572"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking subsection (e) (as so
redesignated by paragraph (1) of this subsection) and inserting the following
new subsection:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H801A358E82E74B3D839D73DE76C609F0" style="OLC">
<subsection id="HC77020146CC44C3092F7418E0495B54A"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Replacement
units</header>
<paragraph id="H0BAA949313CD46239BC8CE175CDD8E10"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Requirement to
replace or maintain each unit</header>
<subparagraph id="HF17F9E6F9F294E5FB90A0AE9CEAA4DCD"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Replacement</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Except for demolition pursuant to
subsection (g) or as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, each public
housing dwelling unit demolished or disposed of after August 1, 2008, shall be
replaced with a newly constructed, rehabilitated, or purchased public housing
rental unit or with a newly constructed, rehabilitated, or purchased unit
(including through project-based assistance), and each public housing unit that
is converted pursuant to section 22 or 33 shall be converted to project-based
assistance.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD6D415BCAB294ABC9C422BD634708C60"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Requirements
applicable to replacement units</header><text>Such replacement or converted
units shall be subject to requirements regarding eligibility for occupancy,
tenant contribution toward rent, and affordability restrictions that are
consistent with such requirements for public housing dwelling units, and such
requirements shall not terminate unless units are replaced with a comparable
number of units that are subject to the same requirements.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H165708843F6F47C1BA2BD73AF1C08996"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Inapplicability
of certain project-based voucher requirements</header><text>Subparagraphs (B)
and (D) of section 8(o)(13) of the United States Housing Act of 1936 (relating
to percentage limitation and income mixing requirement of project-based
assistance) shall not apply with respect to vouchers used to comply with the
requirements of this paragraph.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6F87CF53438340F0912691B1CC4045EE"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Waiver</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The requirement under paragraph (1) may be
waived by the Secretary with respect to up to 10 percent of the total number of
public housing units owned by a public housing agency in any 10-year period,
if—</text>
<subparagraph id="H1F64F89C345E473BBFCAF252AA4C6AA3"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a judgment,
consent decree, or other order of a court limits the ability of the applicant
to comply with such requirements; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF47C2DA5A72D42D89E3AE8F6BB116689"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the public housing
agency demonstrates that there is an excess supply of affordable rental housing
in areas of low poverty and provides data showing that, in the area surrounding
the project or projects in which such units are located—</text>
<clause id="HD32AC3AB50E94659ADF7FFD8319BBD81"><enum>(i)</enum><text>at
least 80 percent of vouchers issued under section 8(o) of the United States
Housing Act of 1937 over the last 24 months to comparable families were
successfully used to lease a dwelling unit within 120 days of issuance or, if a
sufficient number of comparable families have not received vouchers, an
alternative measure, as the Secretary shall design, is met;</text>
</clause><clause id="HA0699466030A4BC7B0F6413E1DC60285"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>existing voucher
holders are widely dispersed geographically in areas of low poverty with access
to public transportation, education, and other amenities, as determined by the
Secretary, among the available private rental housing stock; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H1C887D04DF92456FB93ACC1A69E70150"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the applicant
provides a market analysis demonstrating that—</text>
<subclause id="H2F4C2733139F4EF09C9D69C695E5AC34"><enum>(I)</enum><text>there is a
relatively high vacancy rate among units that would meet or exceed housing
quality standards, as determined by the Secretary, within the market area with
rent and utility costs not exceeding the applicable payment standard under
section 8(o) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f(o));
and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="HF9E1F37BFD964C2FAC354A9F0379B0FC"><enum>(II)</enum><text>such high vacancy
rate within the market area is expected to continue for the next 5 years or
longer.</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HAD5B1D1BFACD49219E08209AC3D547A1"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Continuation of
use restrictions</header><text>In the event of a foreclosure or bankruptcy of
an owner of such a property, notwithstanding any other provision of State or
Federal law, such property shall remain subject to the requirements of any
project-based rental assistance contract in existence at the time of the
foreclosure or bankruptcy, the lease between the prior owner and tenants
assisted under such contract, and any use agreement in effect immediately
before the foreclosure or bankruptcy filing, and a successor in interest in
such property shall assume such contract, extensions, leases, and use agreement
obligations, provided that the Secretary may modify this requirement if the
Secretary determines that the converted units are not physically viable.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H6C6BB045DEE94EE29A9334F425707CF4"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Other
requirements</header><text>Admission to, administration of, and eviction from
replacement housing units that are not public housing dwelling units shall be
subject to the following provisions to the same extent as public housing
dwelling units:</text>
<subparagraph id="H085EE118D05D46808E020775749B6715"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Section 578 of the
Quality Housing and Work Responsibility Act of 1998 (42 U.S.C. 13663; relating
to ineligibility of dangerous sex offenders).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H78765E125A9348A4A613D7C172C30495"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Section 16(f) of
the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437n(f); relating to
ineligibility of certain drug offenders).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H8C8D78797D5A4935AAF5182484375BD0"><enum>(C)</enum><text>Sections 20 and 21
of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437r, 1437s; relating to
resident management).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD5615B4BCDBF45E1AC39752F6FC2C068"><enum>(D)</enum><text>Section 25 of the
United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437w; relating to transfer of
management at request of residents).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H0234E4C9BCC44C0ABA7A7DFBC85DBEC4"><enum>(E)</enum><text>Section 6(k) of
the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437d(k); relating to
administrative grievance procedure).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H8818BBEB397E4C8EA85837409C4E5468"><enum>(F)</enum><text>Section 6(f) of
the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437d(f); relating to housing
quality requirements).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H3E5E86D9BF86451E94E3909DD047659B"><enum>(G)</enum><text>Part 964 of title
24, Code of Federal regulations (relating to tenant participation and
opportunities).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H002A8CB6900F49F2AF72887601513AB3"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Retention of
rights</header><text>Tenants occupying a replacement housing unit shall have
all rights provided to tenants of public housing under this Act.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H6322EBE2C039490CADEDD82ED2332E8A"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Size</header>
<subparagraph id="HB644A590ACE34676A88C4C51B745E341"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Replacement units
shall be of comparable size, unless a market analysis shows a need for other
sized units, in which case such need shall be addressed.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HBA76ADB9B42343529546921A36B2DB2E"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Bedrooms</header><text>The
number of bedrooms within each replacement unit shall be sufficient to serve
families displaced as a result of the demolition or disposition. Replacement
units may include a greater number of bedrooms than the number of bedrooms in
units replaced if an analysis of the waiting list of the public housing agency
shows that more bedrooms are needed to accommodate families on the waiting
list.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HC8CF84B2393E459893EE79809770C9E0"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Location on
site</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">At least one-third of
all replacement units for public housing units demolished shall be public
housing units constructed on the original public housing location, unless the
Secretary determines that—</text>
<subparagraph id="HC33380479E1F4AEF9D95788154E0EC4B"><enum>(A)</enum><text>construction on
such location would result in the violation of a consent decree; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE7816D531F774CE99FDA75ED0FAFBA2A"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the land on which
the public housing is located is environmentally unsafe, geologically unstable,
or otherwise is unsuitable for the construction of housing.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HE06A4EFDECD64895B1629D6DAC511D53"><enum>(8)</enum><header>Location in
other areas</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Any replacement
housing units provided in addition to dwelling units provided pursuant to
paragraph (3) shall be provided in areas within the jurisdiction of the public
housing agency having low concentrations of poverty, in a manner that furthers
the economic and educational opportunities for
residents.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA60A1CFD2DF64FB2BAEF5EA604F1C3AF"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (f) (as so redesignated by
paragraph (1) of this subsection)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H4E2DD18C27CE4D179F3BA7F21A810B6F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking the
subsection designation and all that follow through <quote>Nothing</quote> and
inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H87656F9D16E043079C290884C279B535" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H99237012BDC04719A34CFAA2EAB6A3CA"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Treatment of
occupancy</header>
<paragraph id="H4C03302076654D178C83D3AAD22E9FAA"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Consolidation of
occupancy within or among buildings</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Nothing</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H1A3A6A7BA2F144D3A2A1BDC020D1B6B8"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by inserting
before the period at the end the following: <quote>, except that, a public
housing agency submitting an application for demolition or disposition pursuant
to this section may not consolidate any units during the period that begins
upon submission of such application and ends upon approval of the application
by the Secretary, except in cases of an imminent and substantial threat to
health or safety</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H370EDA5D8C72486B8796F8BBCAF6CC36"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following new paragraphs:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF2914786DCF4490EB09EA77F807462C8" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H79318BED2971478C8478FA133E7DA475"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Determination of
occupancy</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For purposes of
this subsection, the number of public housing residents residing in a
development shall be determined as of the date the initial public housing
agency plan or a proposed amendment thereto indicating an intent to apply for a
demolition application pursuant to subsection (b) of this section is or should
have been presented to the resident advisory board for consideration, or in the
case of a demolition application due to a natural disaster, on the date of the
natural disaster.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HEE6624D326184627B5CB093DE2DD4570"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Resident
preferences</header><text>A public housing agency shall, not later than 30 days
before submitting an application to the Secretary for demolition, disposition,
or demolition or disposition or both pursuant to conversion under section 22 or
33—</text>
<subparagraph id="H00A02581128A473A85AF869C531AE7E1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>meet with and
inform in writing all residents who occupied a public housing unit on the date
determined in accordance with paragraph (2) of this subsection of—</text>
<clause id="H910B84596F0F4BAF8B13728FD67C33C6"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the public housing
agency’s intent to submit an application for demolition, disposition, or
both;</text>
</clause><clause id="HB9074CFB8DE74F4181B6FC3CDC6382AB"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>their right to
return and relocation housing options; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H9C1738043B0248A9A943C7B60EB51014"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>all planned
replacement housing units; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H674A45723B1941648C2843F73BA71D2B"><enum>(B)</enum><text>solicit from each
resident information regarding the resident’s desire to return to the
replacement housing units constructed upon the original public housing
location, interest in moving to other neighborhoods or communities, or interest
in retaining a voucher for rental
assistance.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H4C7455D41EFC4431AF11C1A186AE4965"><enum>(7)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking subsection (h) (as so
redesignated by paragraph (1) of this subsection) and inserting the following
new subsection:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H651DC347B28E4AF183A18A11946BC52C" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H7FD228D91E27400FAD91B62F843FDE63"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Relocation,
notice, application for vouchers, and data</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In the case of all relocation activities
resulting from, or that will result from, demolition, disposition, or
demolition or disposition or both pursuant to conversion under section 22 or 33
of this Act, of public housing dwelling units:</text>
<paragraph id="HC1C06236CA34464EBAC2DFEA55D7FC10"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Uniform
Relocation and Real Property Acquisition Act</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Uniform Relocation and Real Property
Acquisition Policies Act of 1970 (42 U.S.C. 4601 et seq.) shall apply. To the
extent the provisions of this subsection and such Act conflict, the provisions
that provide greater protection to residents displaced by the demolition,
disposition, or demolition and disposition, shall apply.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC1DAE1A7FC3B4C01ADB524EDF4808406"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Relocation
plan</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The public housing
agency shall submit to the Secretary, together with the application for
demolition or disposition, a relocation plan providing for the relocation of
residents occupying the public housing for which the demolition or disposition
application is proposed, which shall include—</text>
<subparagraph id="H410010E4F6E4446E96E0BD6FC33271CA"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a statement of the
estimated number of vouchers for rental assistance under section 8 that will be
needed for such relocation;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA877D76BDD034E4484F93ECD785DC83E"><enum>(B)</enum><text>identification of
the location of the replacement dwelling units that will be made available for
permanent occupancy; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H8AB7F814BC84412D94FCBF5BEC9754C2"><enum>(C)</enum><text>a statement of
whether any temporary, off-site relocation of any residents is necessary and a
description of the plans for such relocation.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H7C4D3503F995417499119388E37A9EF5"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Notice upon
approval of application</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Within a reasonable time after notice to
the public housing agency of the approval of an application for demolition or
disposition, the public housing agency shall provide notice in writing, in
plain and non-technical language, to the residents of the public housing
subject to the approved application that—</text>
<subparagraph id="H5147FCE523FA4898BFB3A85CA643AEC2"><enum>(A)</enum><text>states that the
application has been approved;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA9E529BE5A34460BAFDCA9798BD38D58"><enum>(B)</enum><text>describes the
process involved to relocate the residents, including a statement that the
residents may not be relocated until the conditions set forth in paragraph (10)
have been met;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H8DC739D25F1F4B7DBA85B5E191992FA4"><enum>(C)</enum><text>provides
information regarding relocation options;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H0CBC0C611EC641F7A7551A6BF690FCA2"><enum>(D)</enum><text>advises residents
of the availability of relocation counseling as required in paragraph (8);
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H2626E2BB62074A628BFB8AF800E8EA91"><enum>(E)</enum><text>provides
information on the location of tenant-based vouchers issued by the
agency.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HEC3856DCC5C4407091DB1B5F5391ED09"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Notice before
relocation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Except in cases of
a substantial and imminent threat to health or safety, not later than 90 days
before the date on which residents will be relocated, the public housing agency
shall provide notice in writing, in plain and non-technical language, to each
family residing in a public housing project that is subject to an approved
demolition or disposition application, and in accordance with such guidelines
as the Secretary may issue governing such notifications, that—</text>
<subparagraph id="H1219FD345EB846918C0618A38433933C"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the public housing
project will be demolished or disposed of;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H5A65458C91B94927823D32D90C1CAAD8"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the demolition of
the building in which the family resides will not commence until each resident
of the building is relocated; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H13C096F93044473CAA7B36095E01FF4C"><enum>(C)</enum><text>if temporary,
off-site relocation is necessary, each family displaced by such action shall be
offered comparable housing—</text>
<clause id="HC0CB19A740E74AB29AD266F71F44AE26"><enum>(i)</enum><text>that meets housing
quality standards;</text>
</clause><clause id="H1FFC32298FFB4355A59A6432E286512A"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>that is located
in an area that is generally not less desirable than the location of the
displaced family’s housing, which shall include at least one unit located in an
area of low-poverty and one unit located within the neighborhood of the
original public housing site;</text>
</clause><clause id="HE27E21F77A6D4B60864144848E9F9A5B"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>that is
identified and available to the family; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H88E0B96B17F5427590F984E7E6402114"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>which shall
include—</text>
<subclause id="H510F6BE1DF4647DAA229C81CA229C5D5"><enum>(I)</enum><text>tenant-based
assistance, except that the requirement under this subparagraph regarding
offering of comparable housing shall be fulfilled by use of tenant-based
assistance only upon the relocation of the family into such housing;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="HBD93D3EB755B4671BEDC2BE70155354E"><enum>(II)</enum><text>project-based
assistance;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H31D46092543341E786D99A1735432798"><enum>(III)</enum><text>occupancy in a
unit operated or assisted by the public housing agency at a rental rate paid by
the family that is comparable to the rental rate applicable to the unit from
which the family is relocated; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="HDEFCF99C3293414BAECCF46613D6A9BA"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>other comparable
housing.</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H101B721D54D544F3BFE10A94ACF5ED74"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Search
period</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding any
other provision of law, in the case of a household that is provided
tenant-based assistance for relocation of the household under this section, the
period during which the household may lease a dwelling unit using such
assistance shall not be shorter in duration than the 150-day period that begins
at the time a comparable replacement unit is made available to the family. If
the household is unable to lease a dwelling unit using such assistance during
such period, the public housing agency shall extend the period during which the
household may lease a dwelling unit using such assistance, or at the tenant’s
request, shall provide the tenant with the next available comparable public
housing unit or comparable housing unit for which project-based assistance is
provided.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HAB9EDBFD5D18438CB7104B121A3A1A35"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Payment of
relocation expenses</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The
public housing agency shall provide for the payment of the actual and
reasonable relocation expenses, including security deposits, of each resident
to be displaced and any other relocation expenses as are required by the
Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act of
1970.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE97C1DE564DF40CF8FAE930563FB519A"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Comparable
housing</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The public housing
agency shall ensure that each displaced resident is offered comparable housing
in accordance with the notice under paragraph (4).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H4ED26CB6031D46E8A77F473E26E2BA5C"><enum>(8)</enum><header>Comprehensive
relocation counseling</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The
public housing agency shall provide all advisory programs and services as
required by the Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition
Policies Act of 1970 and counseling for residents who are displaced that shall
fully inform residents to be displaced of all relocation options, which may
include relocating to housing in a neighborhood with a lower concentration of
poverty than their current residence or remaining in the current neighborhood.
Such counseling shall also include providing school options for children and
comprehensive housing search assistance for household that receive a voucher
for tenant-based assistance.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H6BA61CE559CC4831A0E7B97B7168D43E"><enum>(9)</enum><header>Timing of
demolition or disposition</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The
public housing agency shall not commence demolition or complete disposition of
a building subject to the approved application until all residents residing in
the building are relocated.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC57311C8616E440F8A2264212CE97423"><enum>(10)</enum><header>Affirmative
furtherance of fair housing</header><text>The public housing agency shall have
obtained data regarding, and analyzed the potential impact of, the proposed
demolition or disposition and relocation on persons protected by section 804 of
the Civil Rights Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3604), including the tenants residing
in the public housing project, occupants of the surrounding neighborhood, and
neighborhoods into which project tenants are likely to be relocated, and
persons on the agency’s waiting list, has described in the application for
demolition or disposition actions that the public housing agency has taken or
will take to mitigate those adverse impacts, and has certified in the public
housing agency plan for the agency, with supporting information, that the
proposed demolition or disposition, relocation, or replacement housing will be
carried out in a manner that affirmatively furthers fair housing, as described
in section 808(e) of the Civil Rights Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3608(e)).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE2445FAD98F6463D8BACFEEECBC5D73A"><enum>(11)</enum><header>Timing of
relocation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The public housing
agency shall not commence relocation prior to approval by the Secretary of the
application for demolition or disposition, except in the case of a substantial
and imminent threat to health or safety.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF34B3FBB46C34FF894F344C88C02D79B"><enum>(12)</enum><header>Application for
vouchers</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The public housing
agency shall submit to the Secretary an application for vouchers consistent
with the obligations in subsection (e) (relating to replacement units) and the
relocation obligations of this subsection at the same time that the agency
submits the application for demolition or
disposition.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H654B231863E74AE5B826FE1D01D04B27"><enum>(8)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (i) (as so redesignated by
paragraph (1) of this subsection), by striking <quote>may</quote> and inserting
<quote>shall</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H158BC5758B494B1297C580A8C3FAD4F2"><enum>(9)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following new subsections:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF17B8E9108004A28923F3751AF8954F1" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H09A1CC5EF3BC4DE89D983EE3C684C3EA"><enum>(j)</enum><header>Right of
return</header>
<paragraph id="HA113276ACEA4498FB787AC0C0549A016"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Right</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Any person who, on the date determined in
accordance with subsection (f)(2), occupies a public housing unit that is the
subject of an application for demolition, disposition, or demolition or
disposition or both subsequent to conversion pursuant to section 22 or 33, and
whose tenancy or right of occupancy has not been validly terminated pursuant to
section 6 or 8(o), shall be eligible to occupy a replacement housing
unit.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF6CD4CC68C1443DF8D4240157A63BCEB"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Requirement to
allow return</header><text>A public housing agency or any other manager of
replacement housing units shall not, through the application of any additional
eligibility, screening, occupancy, or other policy or practice, prevent any
person otherwise eligible under paragraph (1) from occupying a replacement
housing unit. Such replacement dwelling unit shall be made available to each
household displaced as a result of a demolition, disposition, or demolition or
disposition or both pursuant to conversion under section 22 or 33 before any
replacement dwelling unit is made available to any other eligible
household.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H88CE87EE0A05470986431BBBCA9B39E5"><enum>(k)</enum><header>Enforcement</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Any affected person shall have the right to
enforce this section pursuant to section 1979 of the Revised Statutes of the
United States (42 U.S.C. 1983). Nothing in this section may be construed to
limit the rights and remedies available under State or local law to any
affected
person.</text>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HFEA788DA056A451992E204A59E09B73D"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Effective
date</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The amendments made by
subsection (a) shall take effect upon the date of the enactment of this Act and
shall apply to any demolition, disposition, or demolition and disposition, or
both pursuant to conversion under section 22 or 33 of the United States Housing
Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437t, 1437z–5) that is approved by the Secretary after
such date of the enactment.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H629CFB0EE097440E8BE590C1E40BF358"><enum>203.</enum><header>Authority to
convert public housing to vouchers</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 22 of the United States Housing Act
of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437t) is amended by adding at the end the following new
subsection:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9945D23810104E8AAA28F6AFDCA98E75" style="OLC">
<subsection id="HE9686143FFF34FD486070F6F647767AB"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Administration</header>
<paragraph id="HC0006D6912554C64B02F9386918DAC7E"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary may
require a public housing agency to provide to the Secretary or to public
housing residents such information as the Secretary considers to be necessary
for the administration of this section.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H06C29A9867494A8C909362F650D1841D"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Applicability of
section 18</header><text>Section 18 shall apply to the subsequent demolition or
disposition of public housing dwelling units removed from the inventory of the
public housing agency pursuant to this
section.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="H7186C23F6ADA4E639AF051A3C8BA9EDE"><enum>204.</enum><header>Required
conversion of distressed public housing to tenant-based
assistance</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 33(h)(2) of
the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437z–5(h)(2)) is amended by
striking <quote>shall not apply to the demolition of public housing
projects</quote> and inserting <quote>shall apply to the subsequent demolition
or disposition of public housing dwelling units</quote>.</text>
</section><section id="HDEB99E4D418E4417A482B27AA00FF9FA"><enum>205.</enum><header>Regulations</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Not later than the expiration of the 120-day
period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of
Housing and Urban Development shall issue regulations to carry out this title
and the amendments made by this title.</text>
</section><enum>III</enum><header>Public Housing
Preservation and Rehabilitation</header>
<section id="H119544ADB80E4E608516CC0FE483405B" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>301.</enum><header>Short
title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This title may be cited
as the <quote><short-title>Public Housing Preservation and
Rehabilitation Act of 2010</short-title></quote>.</text>
</section><section id="H47FDD6E02672485793829E38ACECBD34"><enum>302.</enum><header>Leveraging of
other assistance</header>
<subsection id="H9F77E970512E4AB98B34BA773BF5E5B6"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Capital Fund
loan guarantees</header><text>Subsection (d) of section 9 of the United States
Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437g(d)) is amended by adding at the end the
following new paragraph:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2F188CC5232F46A0BF46F2062D21CA45" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H0FD8839824A245D8BFA876AE3D44D5D7"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Loan
guarantees</header>
<subparagraph id="H3EAE62F6C664432E8D725B4BA9811F0B"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Authority</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary may, upon such terms and
conditions as the Secretary may prescribe, guarantee and make commitments to
guarantee notes or other obligations issued by public housing agencies for the
purposes of financing—</text>
<clause id="HDC155712290E4D739E1F583D85A55735"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the rehabilitation
of public housing owned by the agency; or</text>
</clause><clause id="HC0616EEB50AE442B8CE632AE92FB6736"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the
modernization, through energy efficiency improvements, of public housing units
owned by the agency.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA966535B2AE84334B646D3388E7DC68A"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Limitation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A guarantee under this paragraph may be
used to assist a public housing agency in obtaining financing only if the
housing agency provides evidence sufficient, in the determination of the
Secretary, to demonstrate that—</text>
<clause id="HEAFD43ABCC94459E9C95346CB873A986"><enum>(i)</enum><text>it
is not able to finance the improvements without such a guarantee; or</text>
</clause><clause id="H3FC45528A00B48CBA3B51FBFFBD4970F"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the use of such a
guarantee will result in substantially lower financing costs or interest
rate.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H149D667B54CD47ED824EC2D2D33197CC"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Terms</header><text>Notes
or other obligations guaranteed pursuant to this section shall be in such form
and denominations, have such maturities, and be subject to such conditions as
may be prescribed by regulations issued by the Secretary. The term of such loan
guarantee shall not exceed 20 years.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H5E5B957ED94143E2B0B707F72724930A"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Use of capital
funds</header><text>Funds allocated to an issuer pursuant to section 9(d) may
be used for payment of principal and interest due (including such servicing,
underwriting, or other costs as may be specified in regulations of the
Secretary) on notes or other obligations guaranteed pursuant to this
paragraph.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H4AAF7350B19E4D5DB74F33EA4C74FA2D"><enum>(E)</enum><header>Repayment</header>
<clause id="H22F0DC433E40433C858D1DE8A9EDDFCC"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Contract;
pledge</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">To ensure the
repayment of notes or other obligations guaranteed under this paragraph and
charges incurred under this paragraph and as a condition for receiving such
guarantees, the Secretary shall require the issuer of any such note or
obligation to—</text>
<subclause id="HBC7612D319034D60BCAC4A3AA1360526"><enum>(I)</enum><text>enter into a
contract, in a form acceptable to the Secretary, for repayment of notes or
other obligations so guaranteed; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="HD25EDA28C57341E2BDEEF8CEFBC41DB8"><enum>(II)</enum><text>pledge any grant
or allocation for which the issuer is or may become eligible under this Act for
the repayment of notes or other obligations so guaranteed.</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="H3BDF1965C4454FCAB2E9C8A8043CEE3F"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Crediting of
grants</header><text>The Secretary may, notwithstanding any other provision of
this Act, apply grants pledged pursuant to clause (i)(II) of this subparagraph
to any repayments due the United States as a result of such guarantees.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H4DB4E99FDA384554BD80EF2A00FB884A"><enum>(F)</enum><header>Full faith and
credit</header><text>The full faith and credit of the United States is pledged
to the payment of all guarantees made under this paragraph. Any such guarantee
made by the Secretary shall be conclusive evidence of the eligibility of the
obligations for such guarantee with respect to principal and interest, and the
validity of any such guarantee so made shall be incontestable in the hands of a
holder of the guaranteed obligations.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC0BA94A38FBD4031846E90692EF32325"><enum>(G)</enum><header>Amount</header><text>Subject
only to the absence of qualified requests for guarantees and to the
availability of amounts to cover the costs (as such term is defined in section
502 of the Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990 (2 U.S.C. 661a)), as are provided
in advance in appropriation Acts, the Secretary shall enter into commitments to
guarantee notes and obligations under this paragraph having an aggregate
principal amount of $500,000,000 each for fiscal years 2011, 2012, and
2013.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="HE6EE7C4787CE4FBEAB61F068F59F223C"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Utility and
waste management cost savings</header><text>Subparagraph (C) of section 9(e)(2)
of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437g(e)(2)(C)) is
amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H3F73EF65498B47979CA4F25E441F772C"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking the
subparagraph designation and heading and all that follows through
<quote>Contracts described in clause (i) </quote> in clause (ii) and inserting
the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB210494700B34E959D5777F4D819743D" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="H28CA9559D86E4E4089B8DA3925674820"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Treatment of
utility and waste management cost savings</header>
<clause id="H2AAD835BC5BE4BBDAD46BA51491963C2"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The treatment of
utility and waste management costs under the formula shall provide that a
public housing agency shall receive the full financial benefit from any
reduction in the cost of utilities or waste management resulting from energy
conservation improvements in one or more of its public housing projects,
subject to the following:</text>
<subclause id="H549962AD95B94B929604221D21CB9757"><enum>(I)</enum><header>Third party
contracts</header><text>In the case of energy conservation improvements in
public housing undertaken pursuant to a contract with a third party, such
contracts</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H57F77BE92B594BEDB8C6744FD6B58778"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in clauses (iii)
and (iv), by striking <quote>clause (i)</quote> each place such term appears
and inserting <quote>subclause (I)</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H20812BC3EC2F4557B5732D643A77C228"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in clause (iv), by
striking <quote>the date of the enactment of this clause</quote> and inserting
<quote>December 26, 2007,</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H1E4322E6EB694D1D893AD37A4D7EC7D8"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by redesignating
clauses (iii) and (iv) as subclauses (II) and (III), respectively, and
realigning such subclauses, as so redesignated, so as to be indented 8 ems from
the left margin; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H7423AB6EE6624E50A0F8966771B55132"><enum>(5)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following new clauses:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD5F2636A99E04D68A745FD98FA2E4EC7" style="OLC">
<clause id="HF157F9F1244E46D48037693B13ED2E1B"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Financing of
improvements</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Energy
conservation improvements may be undertaken pursuant to a contract for the
improvements only, and the public housing agency may finance such improvements
for a period of up to 20 years. A public housing agency may pledge operating
assistance under this subsection as security for such financings in an amount
not to exceed the lesser of—</text>
<subclause id="H32581FFD8AB04CE3823E87BDF47A35FF"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the amount of the
debt service, plus such appropriate debt service coverage factor as the
Secretary may establish; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="HC53D8FD1DE62457F9E040AD38A549E98"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the amount of the
reasonably anticipated utility cost savings resulting from the improvements, as
determined by the Secretary.</text>
</subclause><continuation-text continuation-text-level="clause">The Secretary
may also permit the pledging of the installed equipment related to such
improvements.</continuation-text></clause><clause id="H2041F422A7B64FBC83334B29513EBDA7"><enum>(iii)</enum><header>Freeze of
consumption levels</header>
<subclause id="H6AFD366C11F34A549794909102B0D3A2"><enum>(I)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A public housing
agency may elect to be paid for its utility costs, including utility
allowances, under the formula for a period, at the discretion of the agency, of
not longer than 20 years based on the agency’s average annual consumption
during the 3-years period preceding the year in which the election is made (in
this clause referred to as the <term>consumption base level</term>.</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H80F2F250E70C42239743A793B3DA3F19"><enum>(II)</enum><header>Initial
adjustments in consumption base level</header><text>The Secretary shall make an
initial one-time adjustment in the consumption base level to account for
differences in the heating degree day average over the most recent 20-year
period compared to the average in the consumption base level.</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H369A9C63504146D99C86B305C896F972"><enum>(III)</enum><header>Ongoing
adjustments in consumption base level</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall make adjustments in the
consumption base level to account for an increase or reduction in units, a
change in fuel source, a change in resident-controlled electricity consumption,
or for such other reasons as the Secretary considers appropriate.</text>
</subclause><subclause id="HD2E3ACD835EC4564BDB6C2074088D676"><enum>(IV)</enum><header>Third
parties</header><text>A public housing agency making an election under
subclause (I) may use, but shall not be required to use, the services of a
third party in its energy conservation program. The agency shall have the sole
discretion to determine the source, terms, and conditions of any financing used
for its
program.</text>
</subclause></clause><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HD2717BA8DD114E0D8D41AFAE35EA2487"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Requirements for
properties with housing tax credits</header><text>Section 9 of the United
States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437g) is amended by adding at the end
the following new subsection:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1EC28C83BB5E4EC3B44F0B240ECE789A" style="OLC">
<subsection id="HBAC0DFF97EF24765A1A640062F795AA4"><enum>(n)</enum><header>Requirements for
properties with housing tax credits</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Public housing agencies that utilize tax
credits under section 42 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 for rental
housing units that are currently or formerly assisted under subsection (d) or
(e) with respect to such units shall provide for—</text>
<paragraph id="H1D5E073A66B74493907901E980ACE4E4"><enum>(1)</enum><text>an option for the
public housing agency to purchase limited partnership interests in a property
containing such units after the tax compliance period under section 42;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF35563B5281A4476A92159928A90E984"><enum>(2)</enum><text>a provision to
give a public housing agency an active role in property management decisions of
such housing; or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE4D5C574337A4D039FA46DC53E2A88FC"><enum>(3)</enum><text>such other
provision or provisions as the Secretary may establish to ensure the
preservation of the interest of the public housing agency in the
property.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section><section id="H92C60F709FB3466FBAE7194313ACCE2C"><enum>303.</enum><header>Capital Fund
flexibility</header>
<subsection id="H5A5B73C5F1844BD8B3432104FABF9841"><enum>(a)</enum><header>New development
flexibility</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subsection (g) of
section 9 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437g(g)) is
amended by striking paragraph (3).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HF2A4F4AD50964AE49CFDABED4E403DCD"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Rehabilitation
flexibility</header><text>Subsection (d) of section 9 of the United States
Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437g(d)) is amended by adding at the end the
following new paragraph:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6577644E99214D2D81FA886CE277055D" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H0319ED4257C3401FAAB6046D7BB13C50"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Use for units
not included in formula</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A
public housing agency may use amounts provided under this subsection for the
purposes specified in subparagraphs (A), (C), (I), and (K) of paragraph (1) for
public housing dwelling units not included in the formula established pursuant
to paragraph (2), but only if—</text>
<subparagraph id="HFFF18AAC698A4FC9B0DC45A6D2CF470D"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the agency agrees—</text>
<clause id="H5E93EEAF9E7E427D9E4FFA56CB69844F"><enum>(i)</enum><text>to
continue to operate and maintain any housing assisted with such funds under the
current terms and conditions for a period not shorter than the 30-year period
that begins on the latest date on which modernization using such amounts was
completed; or</text>
</clause><clause id="H63A7D344D9394EE78907DEEF3D17B9F2"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>to return any
amounts provided under this paragraph to the Secretary; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H075469DA9E724C93AEB7055E19934F69"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the agency
certifies to the Secretary that dwelling units owned and operated by the public
housing agency that are included in the formula established pursuant to
paragraph (2) are being maintained and the funds amounts being used under this
authority will not be needed for such
maintenance.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section><section id="H695D479C3A9C40C69E2C38C241ACD69F"><enum>304.</enum><header>Grants for
conversion of public housing projects to assisted living
facilities</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Title I of the
United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437 et seq.) is amended by adding
at the end the following new section:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA3915DB55E9E4AC39E3BD8B08948C962" style="OLC">
<section id="H32FD0AF25EE84D4DAE585400C01FA3EE"><enum>37.</enum><header>Grants for
conversion of public housing projects to assisted living facilities</header>
<subsection id="HED7003D0DD5E48EC828CD82A58C2C66A"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Authority</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary may make grants in accordance
with this section to public housing agencies for use for activities designed to
convert dwelling units in eligible projects described in subsection (b) to
assisted living facilities for elderly persons.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HC9E173FDB9984C51A045F521F2FC42AF"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Eligible
projects</header><text>An eligible project described in this subsection is a
public housing project (or a portion thereof) that has been designated under
section 7 for occupancy only by elderly persons.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H62060DBC85B44007815779CF314D3EE8"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Applications</header><text>Applications
for grants under this section shall be submitted to the Secretary in accordance
with such procedures as the Secretary shall establish. Such applications shall
contain—</text>
<paragraph id="HFB9D5E06116D4952800F01CB27541273"><enum>(1)</enum><text>a description of
the proposed conversion activities for which a grant under this section is
requested;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H27AE156B935C427986B8AD9A159FB16F"><enum>(2)</enum><text>a statement of the
amount of the grant requested;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H3F357F6746554A219E309CCF06476DEE"><enum>(3)</enum><text>a description of
the resources that are expected to be made available, if any, in conjunction
with the grant under this section; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HFEBEC7F7AB504B3E8D518F38CD3711C1"><enum>(4)</enum><text>such other
information or certifications that the Secretary determines to be necessary or
appropriate.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HD817E0CA7097414EA42EEDFC7D8B42EA"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Funding for
services</header><text>The Secretary may not make a grant under this section
unless the application contains sufficient evidence, in the determination of
the Secretary, of firm commitments for the funding of services to be provided
in the assisted living facility.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H46D1C3B9C6A849EB997BB18F261596A2"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Selection
criteria</header><text>The Secretary shall select applications for grants under
this section based upon selection criteria, which shall be established by the
Secretary and shall include—</text>
<paragraph id="HB57C249CC47B4FB5800D5EDAD267D484"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the extent to
which the conversion is likely to provide assisted living facilities that are
needed or are expected to be needed by the categories of elderly persons that
the assisted living facility is intended to serve;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H4CB8CD303F274EABA5534A7681A0BD0C"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the extent to
which the public housing agency is not able to fund the conversion activities
from existing financial resources, as evidenced by the agency's financial
records;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H02B590AE43594DFB815E6BB458B194BC"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the extent to
which the agency has evidenced community support for the conversion, by such
indicators as letters of support from the local community for the conversion
and financial contributions from public and private sources;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H86F8D0D190EF4464BC6B16895B566989"><enum>(4)</enum><text>the extent to
which the applicant demonstrates a strong commitment to promoting the autonomy
and independence of the elderly persons that the assisted living facility is
intended to serve;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF1445468FA8B43E2B6AA9072D90329AD"><enum>(5)</enum><text>the quality,
completeness, and managerial capability of providing the services which the
assisted living facility intends to provide to elderly residents, especially in
such areas as meals, 24-hour staffing, and on-site health care; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H62797BB7BBD447C08123B3FD2DDEE388"><enum>(6)</enum><text>such other
criteria as the Secretary determines to be appropriate to ensure that funds
made available under this section are used effectively.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H11A84CD87105421B9AF498F31B9E1660"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Definition</header><text>For
the purposes of this section, the term <term>assisted living facility</term>
has the meaning given such term in section 232(b) of the National Housing Act
(12 U.S.C. 1715w(b)).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H1CFD54D2F10149BB9F4E1B0EB68E9F29"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Authorization of
appropriations</header><text>There is authorized to be appropriated for
providing grants under this section such sums as may be necessary for each of
fiscal years 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, and
2015.</text>
</subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><enum>IV</enum><header>Pilot Program to
Train Public Housing Residents to Provide Home-Based Health Services</header>
<section id="HC7B7F579B6C646C1B15EE390747FB3CA" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>401.</enum><header>Short
title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This title may be cited
as the <quote><short-title>Together We Care Act of
2010</short-title></quote>.</text>
</section><section id="H0B06B006E18648918D3A08A915C1D1E9"><enum>402.</enum><header>Findings and
purpose</header>
<subsection id="HE75A610A2E014F869CD3BCE42EE74917"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Findings</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Congress finds the following:</text>
<paragraph id="H44EEF991E40144B59526F6CDFA2468CF"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The <term>baby boom</term> generation will
require health care attention that will exceed the current supply of health
care providers.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H670105D43E634882B63735965F014C6E"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There is a shortage of training programs
specializing in health care and long-term services that focus on home care
instead of institutionalized care.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H381D3F043DDC47D19566C17E0B904E4F"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Although the need for home-based health
services transcends all income levels, the availability of such services is
more limited for residents of public housing.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HCAEA4C2AF87B49C6965561F36EDE1695"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Estimates indicate that there are
44,000,000 caregivers in the United States providing unpaid care to at least
one adult, representing 22,900,000 households.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HDED07A0B6B1F4060BB04CC9686117FAC"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Of working persons providing unpaid care,
62 percent have had to make adjustments to work schedules or leave
employment.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H8DC6BD03D446427494D8E9F96420A294"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Many low-income families in the United
States are placed in an untenable position of choosing between work and
caregiving responsibilities at home.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC51C054980A24FB195F71A2577C86048"><enum>(7)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Many residents of public housing in the
United States are aging and in need of care.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H0E29B06BB56E4ECDA3C26AD06A1DBC0A"><enum>(8)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Department of Housing and Urban
Development estimates the percentage of households assisted by the Department
that are elderly households is 35 percent in New York, 33 percent in Boston, 35
percent in Chicago, 24 percent in Cleveland, 40 percent in Los Angeles, and 20
percent in Puerto Rico.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC51162AF9FA54F0796492E13F63E9647"><enum>(9)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">New service programs are needed to provide
home-based health services to residents of public housing and to provide job
training and job placement for persons receiving assistance from the Department
of Housing and Urban Development needing employment.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HBE9902E9747C4356B1836C86D5E9838D"><enum>(10)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Department of Housing and Urban
Development should establish a home-based health services pilot program to meet
the challenges of the increasing number of elderly persons and persons with
disabilities in public housing, which would simultaneously create an
opportunity to train job seekers in a trade that provides home-based health
services.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H92A9B6C5953C4B448A72E30F877928D4"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Purposes</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The purposes of this title are—</text>
<paragraph id="H5ED48264F33A47C6A9BFAA748521034D"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to give flexibility to the Department of
Housing and Urban Development and other entities to establish training programs
in home-based health services for public housing residents; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H06FBC749A0EE468E87C8776D7D8FC051"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to provide needed home care options to
elderly and disabled public housing residents (including elderly and disabled
veterans who are public housing residents) and elderly and disabled residents
of federally-assisted rental housing to allow them to remain in their homes and
their communities.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="HA48EE26F3CCE4DBDB1D7E0633556AEB5"><enum>403.</enum><header>Pilot grant
program to train public housing residents to provide covered home-based health
services</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 34 of the
United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437z–6) is amended by adding at
the end the following new subsections:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HAABD9130B19B4B3EA93FC672CA418955" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H8D6B7B374D3D46EC898B6EABFE2B0720"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Pilot grant
program To train public housing residents To provide covered home-Based health
services</header>
<paragraph id="H406D8B142E8F42DC846939A53A780E60"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Establishment of
pilot grant program</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The
Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary of Health and Human Services,
shall establish a competitive grant program to make grants to eligible entities
under paragraph (2) for use for the training of public housing residents as
home health aides and as providers of home-based health services (including as
personal and home care aides) to enable such residents to provide covered
home-based health services to—</text>
<subparagraph id="HF6D1AD555E0344A58173E3E004E0750E"><enum>(A)</enum><text>residents of
public housing who are elderly or disabled, or both (including elderly and
disabled veterans who are residents of public housing); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA26386FC20124C0096792098C5BFADF5"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">subject to the criteria set forth pursuant
to paragraph (3), residents of federally-assisted rental housing who are
elderly or disabled, or both.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HDFE904BC49A746F285AA19F1FEA071FA"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Eligible
Entities</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A grant under this
subsection may be made only to an entity that—</text>
<subparagraph id="H8AFA5CD8CAC84D6C94989C374EF91FC8"><enum>(A)</enum><text>is a public
housing agency or other unit of State or local government (including an agency
of such unit), community health center, home care provider organization,
faith-based organization, labor organization, or other organization determined
to be qualified by the Secretary; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H0540731C545849BC819C79A447A97EA8"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">demonstrates to the satisfaction of the
Secretary that it has established, or provides such assurances that it will
establish, an employment training program to train public housing residents to
provide covered home-based health services that complies with regulations that
the Secretary shall issue.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H06A9CDE2D45F426E9FAFF4B061758192"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Residents of
federally-assisted rental housing</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary may set forth criteria under
which an entity receiving funding under this subsection may train public
housing residents to provide covered home-based health services to elderly and
disabled residents of federally-assisted rental housing.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H838E98230D5C433F8BED3C967F161724"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Application</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">To be eligible for a grant under this
subsection an eligible entity under paragraph (2) shall submit to the Secretary
an application at such time, in such manner, and containing such information as
the Secretary shall require.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HFA48C4CDCFCF4A0380300F620A168E07"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Competitive
grant awards</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HD4F2EBAE84F54A599B4F7B4EAABC5E31"><enum>(A)</enum><header>General criteria
for selection</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary
shall establish policies and procedures for reviewing and approving funding for
eligible entities through a competitive process taking into
consideration—</text>
<clause commented="no" id="H67380B65A5414C4CA2D7CF98E2B1B577"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">with respect to the service area in which
public housing residents trained under an employment training program described
in paragraph (2)(B) will provide covered home-based health services—</text>
<subclause commented="no" id="H6E56F9B7FE0942F087D2AE18B18F8CA4"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the percentage of
residents age 62 and older;</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" id="H77083CC034E04CB9A0DDB3695E684F61"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the percentage of
disabled residents; and</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" id="H0768EF4982B74D94B2D467BBCB673B92"><enum>(III)</enum><text>the percentage
of unemployed or underemployed residents;</text>
</subclause></clause><clause commented="no" id="H1662E9B3193F4EC5A4DF97CC9DD55B96"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the ability of an
eligible entity to provide training that leads to the provision of quality
care;</text>
</clause><clause id="HA14C1135CCBA481AB782A860E6AC0803"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the record of
the quality of care of an eligible entity; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="H69C4D73668604136AFB1DE3909A19E97"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>such other
criteria as determined by the Secretary.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HA904300D401A4FA285E5EB8C81E35AC8"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Geographic
consideration</header><text>In awarding grants, the Secretary shall consider a
geographic mix of a variety of eligible entities so that the grant program will
include at least—</text>
<clause commented="no" id="H8499CBC564A64DD0BF54A97B21737D65"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">one employment training program described
in paragraph (2)(B) that primarily serves an urban population;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="H39DF82434806451CBF7AFD35865284E2"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">one employment training program described
in paragraph (2)(B) that primarily serves a rural population;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="H448A10FCD3F94438B584DB2D26A70A24"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">one employment training program described
in paragraph (2)(B) that primarily serves an Indian population; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="H53F29558A4964E83AAAA5CEE89DF0A11"><enum>(iv)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">one employment training program described
in paragraph (2)(B) that primarily serves a population in the Commonwealth of
Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, or the
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H38FFE65B53D6425E8DABB7623C070A82"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Use of grant
funds</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An entity receiving
funding under this subsection may use such funds—</text>
<subparagraph id="H4D12B9B3759D41F5BF0FECCC5C7999C7"><enum>(A)</enum><text>to establish (or
maintain) and carry-out an employment training program to train public housing
residents to provide covered home-based health care services to elderly and
disabled public housing residents and elderly and disabled residents of
federally-assisted rental housing;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HFEDEA20D658B40C3BBD2F3961656149F"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">for the transportation expenses of public
housing residents in training under such an employment training program;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H9955C447E11D41478321CC7C69ED2777"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">for the child care expenses of public
housing residents in training under such an employment training program;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H5F2B9F48772140FD8D30154049E747BF"><enum>(D)</enum><text>for the
administrative expenses of carrying out such an employment training program;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC7FE6A97E4BB4FD88B1A1E2661164F1F"><enum>(E)</enum><text>for any other
activity the Secretary determines appropriate.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H757AB281BAC74727B46F7BD194113480"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Report to
Congress</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 24
months after the date of the enactment of the <short-title>Together We Care Act of 2010</short-title>, the Secretary
shall submit to Congress a report on the use and impact of the grant program
established by this subsection. The report shall include—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HDE192965B1284035B12A890A73363368"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a review of the
effectiveness of the program in—</text>
<clause commented="no" id="HB93F5035437D4DC89FAA34E93AA12940"><enum>(i)</enum><text>providing jobs for
public housing residents;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="H2B92951562784BF8BEF31D6EA7B701CA"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">meeting the unmet health and long-term care
needs of elderly and disabled residents of public housing and elderly and
disabled residents of federally-assisted rental housing; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="HD9F9D5AA56674285AAA3A0B520B2CDCA"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>enabling the
provision of quality care; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HB78478AD04E74BAD92243ABFE6F4112E"><enum>(B)</enum><text>any
recommendations the Secretary determines appropriate regarding the grant
program.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H3FD35AB2A73C494A996049ED9E8D0E03"><enum>(8)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">As used in this subsection, subsection (g),
and subsection (h):</text>
<subparagraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H076152AD37014F20A0E937CB735BBCDB"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Home-based
health services</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term
<term>home-based health services</term> means health care and long-term
services provided to an individual in a place of residence used as such
individual’s home and includes—</text>
<clause id="H989A4FE92DD745499DD8735D7101002D"><enum>(i)</enum><text>home health
services described in section 1861(m) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.
1395x(m));</text>
</clause><clause id="H2458123E503E41A4890D2F7CA7EA693B"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>personal care
services described in section 1905(a)(24) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1396d(a)(24));
and</text>
</clause><clause id="H6AC214F8DB274526BF146951C347D925"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>home-based
services which may be covered under a waiver under subsection (c) or (d) of
section 1915 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1396n).</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB3CF0FF3294D45F78A3C41E727B8A95A"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Home health
aide</header><text>The term <term>home health aide</term> has the meaning given
the term in section 1891(a)(3)(E) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.
1395bbb(a)(3)(E)).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H2ECBB97FAE6A4325A0E3DFCAD1F0E54E"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Covered</header><text>The
term <term>covered</term> means, with respect to home-based health services,
such services—</text>
<clause id="H26CD357C0B4545779663D0F8AC942ABE"><enum>(i)</enum><text>for which medical
assistance is available under a State plan under title XIX of the Social
Security Act; or</text>
</clause><clause id="H07C76865044B48DE8DB90A147D5CA4AA"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>for which
financial assistance is available under subsection (g).</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H26AAD149AF3446E19F9C0558DF4F255F"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Federally-assisted
rental housing</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term
<term>federally-assisted rental housing</term> means—</text>
<clause commented="no" id="HDA5B9F9B44BB4BE19D06A8C47C2F4C04"><enum>(i)</enum><text>housing assisted
under section 202 of the Housing Act of 1959 (12 U.S.C. 1701q);</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="H972FC9B5335C49C08C0D7052DA64A2B2"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">housing assisted under section 515 of the
Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1485);</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="H7513AA58E19E4A3B9FECF9775CE0BE44"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">housing assisted under section 8 of the
United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f) (including project-based
and tenant-based assistance);</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="HCA4CB2660EF746D18F1872F9DC9E5437"><enum>(iv)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">housing assisted under the block grant
program under the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act
of 1996 (25 U.S.C. 4101 et seq.);</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="H3FEE06A3EAC94BAA8E4C4E2C97E3BA47"><enum>(v)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">housing financed by a mortgage insured
under section 221(d)(3) of the National Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1715l(d)(3)) or
held by the Secretary, a State, or State agency; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="HF2EFB6EE644D4728972E713FB1DFC22C"><enum>(vi)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">housing assisted under section 811 of the
Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 8013).</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HB9D8638CF144457CA902DE5A15BA62F7"><enum>(9)</enum><header>Inapplicability
of previous subsections</header><text>Subsections (a) through (e) shall not
apply to this subsection, subsection (g), and subsection (h).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H74A6F0437F0B4CA4A0483D8E6ED4519F"><enum>(10)</enum><header>Rule of
construction</header><text>This subsection and subsection (g) may not be
construed as affecting any requirement under State law for training, licensure,
or any other certification as a home health aide or as a provider of any
home-based health service under this subsection and subsection (g).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H2EA0E96E491C43D6906112B052193FC9"><enum>(11)</enum><header>Regulations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 6 months after the date of
enactment of the <short-title>Together We Care Act of
2010</short-title>, the Secretary shall issue regulations to carry out this
subsection.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H3F54BC0D09654D73A5BA8114330E387F"><enum>(12)</enum><header>Authorization
of Appropriations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There are
authorized to be appropriated $2,500,000 for each of the fiscal years 2011,
2012, and 2013, for grants under this subsection.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H1E9BD53D8C66467B9A5449F787C145B7"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Financial
assistance for home-Based health services in certain jurisdictions</header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H3C745B47F721489AAC25DB87C0753085"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Financial
assistance</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary, in
consultation with the Secretary of Health and Human Services, may provide
financial assistance under this subsection to entities receiving grant funds
under the pilot program established under subsection (f) that provide training
for public housing residents as home health aides and as providers of
home-based health services and provide (or pay for) such services for use only
for their costs in providing (or paying for) such services to—</text>
<subparagraph id="H9365627AAD93402EBD2F61CF0B040C62"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">residents of public housing who are elderly
or disabled, or both (including elderly or disabled veterans who are residents
of public housing); or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H17B9AE23A3EE4DFCA430A6A4762B614A"><enum>(B)</enum><text>at the discretion
of the Secretary, residents of federally-assisted rental housing who are
elderly or disabled, or both.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H1784034A2A4C4F9893EF9AE52B585016"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Requirements</header>
<subparagraph id="H53F7AD5730CD4218995213AD597C7145"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Location</header><text>Assistance
under paragraph (1) may be provided only for services furnished in locations in
which medical assistance for home-based health services is not available under
a State plan under title XIX of the Social Security Act.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H13C1E5BBEE5E4C12A89B6FA305924256"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Trained public
housing residents</header><text>Assistance under paragraph (1) may be used only
for costs of services described in paragraph (1) that are provided by public
housing residents trained by an entity receiving grant funds under the pilot
program established under subsection (f).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H32DA051C37C6498AB85C24CF1D8F0BD2"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Eligibility</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">To be eligible for financial assistance
under this subsection an entity shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="H38AB069563704A9590F40ADB70C84E1D"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">provide such assurances as the Secretary
shall require that it will use the funds only as provided in paragraphs (1) and
(2);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HEE4C5F0D231B478BABE66C6B052DF46E"><enum>(B)</enum><text>submit to the
Secretary an application at such time, in such manner, and containing such
information as the Secretary requires; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD45FCA3383FA43B28B4C26312EC74E27"><enum>(C)</enum><text>comply with such
other terms and conditions as the Secretary shall establish to carry out this
subsection.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HB690AD490C5D41C78447836200AE438B"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Authorization of
appropriations</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated $2,500,000
for each of the fiscal years 2011, 2012, and 2013, for financial assistance
under this subsection.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H269D97E821134FD58481A948CC635501"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Impact of Income
on Eligibility for Housing Benefits</header><text>For any resident of public
housing who is trained as a home health aide or as a provider of home-based
health services pursuant to the program under subsection (f), any income
received by such resident for providing covered home-based health services
shall apply towards eligibility for benefits under Federal housing programs as
follows:</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H5D9843D4131642428B19029F32390559"><enum>(1)</enum><text>No income received
shall apply for the 12 months after the completion of the training of such
resident.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H2C63CDD17F2B47178B5A8BF99C0C53A4"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Twenty-five
percent of income received shall apply for the period that is 12 to 24 months
after the completion of the training of such resident.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HF039437E8E004B58B936260792770244"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Fifty percent of
income received shall apply for the period that is 24 to 36 months after the
completion of the training of such resident.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HA4807A993E864F56A63446AF0DBF18E7"><enum>(4)</enum><text>One hundred
percent of income received shall apply for any period that begins after 36
months after the completion of the training of such
resident.</text>
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